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THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, 


BALIS1s Canto 25 

Callan, Charles Jerome, 
1877-1962. 

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BLESSED BE GOD 


A COMPLETE CATHOD#hs 
PRAYER BOOK 


By Very Rev. Cuartes J. Catan, O.P., S.T M. 
and Very Rev. Joun A. McHueu, O.P., S.T.M. 











New York: P. J. KENEpy & Sons 
PUBLISHERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE 





Ribil Cbstat 
V. F. O’Daniet, O.P., S.T.M. 
M. A. Watpron, O.P., S.T.M. 


Imprimi Potest 
Juke MEAGHER SO.P., S.1-LR: 
Prior Provincialis 


HRibil Cbstat 
ArtuurR J. SCANLAN, S.T.D. 
Censor Librorum 


Amprimatur 
Patrick CARDINAL HAYES 
Archbishop of New York 


New York 
March 19, 1925 


COPYRIGHT, 1925 
P. J. KENEDY & SONS 
PRINTED IN U.S.A. 


CONTENTS 


IZAY BAPTISM iy Aico , 
TABLE OF FEASTS AND Paeye 
TaBLeE OF MovEABLE FEasts ... . 
(SAUENDARI a: Pim rebinne-tre4 b 143 
Brier STATEMENT OF Gunisciany Tec cne 
How sTO,PRAYS (ewe Beerde:) co Bane 
Heroic Acr oF CHARITY . 
MorninG PRAYERS .. . 7 
PRAYERS TO BE SAID per Day 

The Angelus .. . 

The Regina Ceeli 

Grace at Meals . 
PRAYERS DURING THE Day , 
INDULGENCED EJACULATIONS 
EVENING PRAYERS .. . , 
DEVOTIONS FOR ConrEssion 

Manner of Making Confession 
Devotions FoR Hoty CoMMUNION 
DeEvoTIons FOR Mass. .... . 
Tue ASPERGES . 
Tue Vint AqguaAM 
THE ORDINARY OF THE Masse 

Mass of the Catechumens 

Mass of the Faithful 

Canon of the Mass. 

The Pater Noster . 

The Communion ... 

Conclusion of the Mass 
PRAYERS AFTER Mass . . 
PRAVERS eATiMASSinenca pieticerseee 2 beaks 
Parry Mass ror THE DEAD? ~ sob] ayer ne 


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Tue RiruAL FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MATRIMONY 159 


Mass For BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE... . 
VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS ...... 


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BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ... IQI 
Devotions FOR HoLtypAys AND SPECIAL FEAsTs . 196 
Feast of the Epiphanyeaae & 1) uk. S425) | 107 
Feast of St. Joseph. . OY 2. oe Se 202 
Devotions for Holy Week Bs: ao YOM ween neeams 204 
Prayers for Paschaltide 2... ...%.... . 226 
Feast of the Assumption . «+ 5. . . M&MUS Y39 
Ember Days”, . | tA, GTI SXeAaN 10 Filagay, 
Feast of Ail Saints. . .¢.¢9) SaARYOM 10 319396 
All Souls’ Day’ . . 2s » PANIIZ39 
Feast of the Thamiden lite Conception FAMETETS NS 138 
Feast of Christmas . . 4 4 8 (ORAS OF Wort 
The Last Day of the Year. .¥ mia : A, SIONS AD 
DEVOTIONS FOR THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR . VXIPAGES 
Advent... . . .°OMt PEGVS IAG 3a OF ZA3Y 353 
Christmastide= . +. % 245 5 + +. .2USgah 98254 
Septuagesima and Lent 2 34 JD Begos Of bss 
Passiontide ... . Vi $8 29f1%3.56 
DEVOTIONS FOR THE Days ¢ OF THE : WEEK (Ud FAN 4258 
DEVOTIONS FOR THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR... 268 
NOvENA FOR CHRISTMAS . . : . . CHaYAA QYIMazg2 
In Honor of the Holy Nanieieerimo Ao} Agu 204 
For Pentecost. .... iaQy, arias Jo. 19ngeleqG 
To the Blessed Vira able L FOF AAQITOVAGS 
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal , HOY GADOV™gbo 
To St. Joseph . 2 vi. % ss 1 + 4 5 PAPAAL) S¥r0 
In Honor of St. Francis avicn . » MAUQA IQS, Agee 
To St. Anne. . 2 4 5. PAM ANT. 10 YAAVIGAN) BaaG 
To St. Thérése .. . Pu} Bt 10, 2EAIaT 4 
DEVOTIONS TO THE BLESSED Trinity (2, Shs, LOEB IVS 20 
DEVOTIONS TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ... . 321 
Visits TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT . . 321 
Tue Hoty Hour BeEFroreE THE BLESSED SACRA- 
MENT .. . . OBI: ons fo pogeulono.326 
Forty Hours’ DEvorion . oe , AATIA Ble Aga 
DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED INFANCY O° .004 ei 353 
DEvoTIONS TO THE Hoty NAME ........ 357 
DeEvoTIONS TO THE SACRED HearT ...... . 363 
Litany of the Sacred Heart . . 2... 2... . 363 


STATIONS OF THE Cross . . « ; S/494uUc SOR 789g 78 


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Devotions TO THE Hoty Face .:.. 387 
DEVOTIONS TO THE FivE Wounps ..... 389 
DEVOTIONS TO THE Precious BLoop ... . 303 
Tue Hoty Hour 399 
DEVOTIONS TO THE BLEsseD VircIN 413 
The Most Holy Rosary 413 
Litany of the Blessed Virgin ; 421 
Liturgical Prayers to the Blessed Virgin. 424 
Daily Prayers to the Blessed Virgin ‘ 427 
Particular Devotions to the Blessed Virgin 432 
Exercises in Honor of the Seven Dolors 432 
Devotions To SAINT JOSEPH . 437 
Litany of Saint Joseph . 437 
Devout Exercise in Honor ) the Seven Gouraws 
and Seven Joys of St. Joseph 439 
Indulgenced Ejaculations in Honor of St. gq oseish = 444 
Devotions IN Honor OF THE SAINTS . ; 445 
Litany of the oaints s<adomencn- aces ee AAS 
Devout Exercise in Honor of St. Aloysius 
Gonzaga ' . 459 
Devotions in Tiosue bf Saint yd Sehitars 460 
Devotions to St. Rita of Cascla ..... 461 
Prayer to Sccur Thérése 462 
PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING .. . let in dk Sh 404 
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND Dyinc Res 471 
Vitany of the Dying opfan, say a aceite 473 
PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD . 478 
INDULGENCED PRAYERS FOR THE Sours IN PuRGA- 
TORY . : 481 
PRAYERS FOR Various Occasions 486 
PRAYERS FOR PRIVATE NECESSITIES . 489 
THe UNIVERSAL PRAYER . 497 
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING 500 
The Te Deum . 400 
The Benedictus 503 
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING FOR EVERY Day» OF 
THE WEEK 504 


Devout REFLECTIONS ON THE PCausTiiN Vintors 
AND ON THE Four Last Tuincs DRAWN FROM 
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Devout REFLEcTIONS DRAWN FROM THE IMITATION 
OF) CHRIST. .. .o. eat Aries: Grveno Toss 
GospE.s, EpisTLES AND PRAYERS FOR THE SUNDAYS 
OFTHE CHRISTIAN YEAR ........ VOM ¥4OF) 385 
GospPELs, EpPISTLES AND PRAYERS FOR THE FEASTS 
OF THE CHRISTIAN YEAR ........ . 709 
INDEX .+..5) Seale ae daeey, boeeall, 963 to, yowteto 


LAY BAPTISM 


DD novites an infant or adult 
is in danger of dying before a priest 
can be procured, any other person, 
whether man, woman, or child, may 
baptize in the following manner: 

While pouring common water on the 
bead or face of the person, pronounce 
the words: 


I BAPTIZE THEE IN THE NAME OF 
THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND 
OF THE Hoty Guost. 




















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VIDENT ES AVTEM STELLAM GAVISI SYNT GAVDI0 MACHO VALOC Mani. i [BAPTIZATV$ EST A JOANNE. 





Seasts and Fasts 


Copyright 1952 by P. J. Kenedy & Sons 
HOLYDAYS OF OBLIGATION 


All Sundays of the Year, Circumcision (Jan. 1), Ascension 
(40 days after Easter), Assumption (Aug. 15), All Saints 
(Nov. 1), Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8), Christmas 
(Dec. 23). 


I. 


ON ABSTINENCE 


Everyone over 7 years of age is bound to observe the Jaw 
of abstinence. 

Complete abstinence (which forbids the eating of meat, 
soup or gravy made from meat) is required on: all 
Fridays, Ash Wednesday, Vigil of Assumption, Vigil of 
Christmas, and Holy Saturday morning. 

Partial abstinence (which permits meat, soup or gravy 
made from meat to be eaten only once a day, at the prin- 
cipal meal) is required on: Ember Wednesdays, Ember 
Saturdays, Vigil of Pentecost, and Vigil of All Saints. 


ON FAST 


Everyone over 21 and under 59 years of age is also 
bound to observe the law of fast. 
The days of fast are: weekdays of Lent, Ember Days, 
Vigil of Pentecost, Vigil of Assumption, Vigil of All 
Saints, and Vigil of Christmas. 
On the days of fast, only one full meal is allowed. Two 
other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, 
may be taken according to each one’s needs; but to- 
gether they should not equal another full meal. 

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7. Meat may be taken at the principal mea! on a day of fast 
except on days of complete abstinence (see number 2). 

8. Eating between meals is not permitted; but liquids, 
including milk and fruit juices, are allowed. 

9. When health or ability to work would be seriously af- 
fected, the law does not oblige. In doubt concerning 
fast or abstinence, a parish priest or confessor should 
be consulted. 


SUMMARY CHART* 
Ages 7 thru 20 


Age over 59 
Fast | Abst. | Fast] Abst. 





Age 21 to 59 





During Lent 


Ash Wednesday No | Compl. | Yes | Compl. 
Fridays No | Compl. | Yes | Compl. 
Holy Saturday till noon | No | Compl.| Yes | Compl. 
Other Weekdays No | No Yes | Not 
Sundays No | No No | No 
Ember Wednesday and 

Ember Saturday No | Part. Yes | Part. 
Ember Friday No | Compl. | Yes | Compl. 


Outside of Lent 
Sundays and all Holy- 


dayst No | No No | No 
Fridays No | Compl.| No | Compl. 
Ember Wednesdays and 

Ember Saturdays No | Part. Yes | Part. 
Ember Fridays No | Compl. | Yes | Compl. 
Vigils of Assumption and 

of Christmas No | Compl. | Yes | Compl. 
Vigils of Pentecost and 

of All Saints No | Part. Yes | Part. 





* These regulations generally prevail in the United States and are pub- 
lished in accordance with the provisions of Canon Law, as modified through 
the use of special faculties granted by the Holy See. Some differences of 
regulation may pertain in certain Dioceses according to the desires of the 
Bishop so it is well to consult one’s local authorities for the special local regu- 
lations. Persons under seven years of age are exempt from both fast and 
abstinence on all days of the year. 

Compl. means Complete; Part. means Partial. 

_ { There is no obligation for fast or abstinence on a Holyday, even though 
it may fall on a Friday. 

} Refer to rules on fast where it will be noted that only one meat meal a 
day is permitted which makes it in practice like a day of partial abstinence. 


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. 23/Ap. 10 


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. 28/Ap. 15 
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May 15|May 25] June 5 
May 7|May 17|May 28 
May 26} June 5} June 16 

















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May 31] June 10) June 2} 
May 23} June 2} June 13 
May 7|May 17|May 28 


May 27} June 6] June 17 
May 19/May 29} June 9 














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May 7|May 17|May 28 
May 20/May 30] June 10 
May 11}May 21] June 1 











May 31] June 10} June 21 
May 23] June 2) June 13 
May 8|May 18|May 29 
May 27| June 6) June 17 


May 19/May 29) June 9 
May 4!May 14|May 25 
May 24| June 3} June 14 
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JANUARY 


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Sunday between Circumcision and Epiph- 

any: Feast of the Most Holy Name of 
Jesus. 

. Octave of St. Stephen, First Martyr. 

- Octave of St. John, Ap. and Evangelist. 

. Octave of Holy Innocents, MM. 

. Eve of Epiphany. 

. Epiphany of our Lord. 

Sunday within Octave of Epiphany: Feast 
of the Holy Family. 

7. Of the Octave. 

8. Of the Octave. 

9. Of the Octave. 

. Of the Octave. 

. Of the Octave. 

. Of the Octave. 


Anuhwn 







. Octave of Epiphany. 
. St. Hilary, B.C.D. 

. St. Paul, First Hermit, C. 
. St. Marcellus, P.M. 
. St. Anthony, Abbot. 


. St. Peter’s Chair at Rome. 
: be SY da Martha, Audifax, Abachum 


. SS. Fabian, Pope, and Sebastian, MM. 
. St. Agnes, V.M. 

. SS. Vincent and Anastasius, MM. 

. St. Raymond of Pennafort, C. 

. St. Timothy, B.M. 

. Conversion of St. Paul, Ap. 

26. St. Polycarp, B.M. 

. St. John Chrysostom, B.C.D. 

. Agnes, V.M., the second time. 

. Francis of Sales, B.C.D. 

. Martina, V.M. 

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. St. Ignatius, B.M. 
. Purification of the B. V. M. 
St. Blase, B.M. 
St. Andrew Corsini, B.C. 
St. Agatha, V.M. 
. Titus, B.C. 
St. Romuald, Abbot. 
St. John of Matha, C. 
St. Cyril of Alexandria, B.C.D. 
St. Scholastica, V 
. Apparition of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. 
(Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.) 
| r2. The Seven Holy Founders of the Order of 
Servites, CC. 


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14. St. Valentine, Priest, M. 
15. SS. Faustinus and Jovita, MM. 


18. St. Simeon, B.M. 


22. St. Peter’s Chair at Antioch. 
23. St. Peter Damian, B.C.D. Vigil. 
24. St. Matthias, Ap.* 


27. St. Gabriel of The Seven Dolors. 


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mice. Casimir, C. 


. SS. Perpetua and Felicity, MM. 
. St. Thomas Aquinas, C.D. 

» St. John of God, C. 

. St. Frances of Rome, W. 

. The Forty Martyrs. 


. St. Gregory the Great, P.C.D. 


Sti Patrick, B.C., Apostle of Ireland. 
. St. Cyril of Jerusalem, B.C.D. 
. ST. JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE B.V.M. 


. St. Benedict, Abbot. 
. St. Isidore, the Farmer. 


: St. Gabriel, Archangel. 
. ANNUNCIATION OF THE B. V. M. 


. St. John Damascene, C.D. 
. St. John Capistran, C. 


Friday after Passion Sunday: The Seven 
Sorrows of the B. V. M. 





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. St. Francis of Paula, C. 


oe Isidore, B.C.D. 
. St. Vincent Ferrer, C. 







| St. Leo the Great, P.C.D. 


St Hermenegild, K.M. 
. St. Justin, M. 







Se Anicetus, P.M. 







. St. Anselm, B.C.D. 

. SS. Soter and Caius, PP., MM. 

. St. George, M. 

. St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, M. 

. St. Mark, Evangelist. 

. SS. Cletus and Marcellinus, PP., MM. 


. St. Paul of the Cross, C. 

. St. Peter, M. 

. St. Catherine of Siena, V. 

Wednesday of the second week after the 
Octave of Easter: Solemnity of St. Joseph, 
Patron of the Universal Church. 

Wednesday of the third week after the Oc- 
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. SS. Philip and James, App. 
. St. Athanasius, B.C.D. 

. Finding of the Holy Cross. 

. St. Monica, W. 

Oty Pius sVeprG. 

. St. John before the Latin Gate. 

. St. Stanislaus, B.M. 

. Apparition of St. Michael, Archangel 
St. Gregory Nazianzen, B.C.D. 

. St. Antoninus, B.C. 


. SS. Nereus, Achilleus and Comp., MM 
. St. Robert Bellarmine, B.C.D. 
4. St. Boniface, M. 
. St. John Baptist de la Salle, C. 
. St. Ubald, B.C. 
. St. Paschal Baylon, C. 
. St. Venantius, M. 
. St. Peter Celestin, P.C. 
. St. Bernardine of Siena, C. 


5. St. Gregory VII, P.C. 
. St. Philip Neri, C. 
. St. Bede the Venerable, C.D. 
. St. Augustine of Canterbury, B.C. 
. St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, V 
. St. Felix I, P.M. 
. St. Angela of Merici, V. 
Friday after the Octave of Corpus Christi: 
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. St. Prancis Caracciolo, C. 
. St. Boniface, B.M. 
. St. Norbert, B.C. 


. SS. Primus and Felician, MM. 

. St. Margaret of Scotland, Q.W. 

. St. Barnabas, Ap. 

. St. John of St. Facundo, C. 

. St. Anthony of Padua, C 

. St. Basil the Great, B.C.D. 

. SS. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, MM. 


. St. Ephraerm the Syrian, Deacon, C.D. 
. St. Juliana Falconieri, V. 

. St. Silverius, P.M. 

. St. Aloysius Gonzaga, C. 

. St. Paulinus, B.C. 

. Eve of St. John the Baptist. 

. Birthday of St. John the Baptist. 
. St. William, Abbot. 

. SS. John and Paul, MM, 

. Of the Octave. 

. St. Ireneus, B.M. Vigil. 

. SS. PETER AND. PAUL, Ap. 
. Commemoration of St. Paul, Ap. 


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. The Most Precious Blood. 
. Visitation of the B. V. M. 
St. Leo II, P.C. of the Octave of SS. Peter 
and Paul. 
. Of the Octave. 
. St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, C. 
. Octave of SS. Peter and Paul, App. 
. SS. Cyril and Methodius, BB., CC. 
. St. Elizabeth of Portugal, 0.W. 


. Seven Brothers, MM., and SS. Rufina and 
Secunda, VV., MM. 

. St. Pius I, P.M. 

. St. John Gualbert, Abbot. 

. St. Anacletus, P.M. 

. St. Bonaventure, B.C.D. 

. St. Henry, E:C. 

. Our Lady of Mount Carmel. 

. St. Alexius, C. 

. St. Camillus of Lellis, C. 

. St. Vincent of Paul, C. 

. St. Jerome Aemilian, C. 

. St. Praxedes, V.M. 

. St. Mary Magdalen, Penttent. 

. St. Apollinaris, B.M 

. Eve of St. James. 

. St. James, Ap. 

. St. Anne, Mother of the B. V. M. 
. St. Pantaleon, M. 

. SS. Nazarius and Celsus, MM., St. Victor I., 
P.M., St. Innocent I., P.C. 

. St. Martha, V. 

. SS. Abdon and Sennen, MM. 

. St. Ignatius of Loyola, C. 











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. St. Peter’s Chains. 

. St. Alphonsus Liguori, B.C.D. 

. Finding of St. Stephen, First Martyr. 
. St. Dominic, C. 

. Our Lady of the Snows. 

. Transfiguration of our Lord. 

. St. Cajetan, C. 


. Eve of St. Lawrence. 

. St. Lawrence, M. 

. SS. Tiburtius and Susanna, V., MM. 

. St. Clare, V. 

. SS. Hippolytus and Cassian, MM. 

. Eve of the Assumption. 

. H«ASSUMPTIOM OF THE B. V. M. 
. St. Joachim 
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. Of the Octave. 

. St. Bernard, Abbot, C.D. 

. St. Jane Frances de Chantal, W. 

. Octave of the Assumption. 

. St. Philip Benizi, C. Vigil. 

. St. Bartholomew, Ap. 

. St. Louis of France, K.C. 

. St. Zephyrinus, P.M. 

. St. Joseph Calasanctius, C. 

. St. Augustine, B.C.D. 

. Beheading of St. John the Baptist. 
. St. Rose of Lima, V 

. St. Raymond Nonnatus, C. 


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SEPTEMBER 





. St. Giles, Abbot. 
. St. Stephen of Hungary, K.C. 






. St. Lawrence Justinian, B.C. 






. Birthday of the B. V. M. 

. St. Gorgonius, M. 

. St. Nicholas of Tolentino, C. 

. SS. Protus and Hyacinth, MM. 
- Most Holy Name of Mary. 









. Exaltation of the Holy Cross. 

. Seven Sorrows of the B. V. M. 

- SS. Cornelius, P., and Cyprian, B.M.M. 

. The Stigmata of St. Francis, C. 

. St. Joseph of Cupertino, C. 

. SS. Januarius, B., and Companions, MM. 
. SS. Eustace and Companions, MM. Vigil. 
. St. Matthew, Ap. and Evangelist. 

. St. Thomas of Villanova, B.C. 

. St. Linus, P.M. 

. Our Lady of Ransom. 


. SS. Cyprian and Justina, V., MM., 

St. Isaac Jogues and Companions, MM. 
. SS. Cosmas and Damian, MM. 

. St. Wenceslaus of Bohemia, K.M. 

. Dedication of St. Michael, Archangel. 

. St. Jerome, C.D. 


























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. St. Placid and Companions, MM. 
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. SS. Denys, B., and Companions, MM. 
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. St. Callistus, P.M. 

. St. Teresa, V. 

. St. Hedwig, W. 

. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, V. 
. St. Luke, Evangelist. 

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. St. John Cantius, C. 

. St. Hilarion, Abbot. 


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A BRIEF STATEMENT OF 
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE 


The Ten Commandments of God —- Exodus xx 


1. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the 
land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage. Thou 
shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt 
not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of 
any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth be- 
neath, nor of those things that are in the waters under 
the earth. Thou shalt not adore them nor serve them: 
I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the 
iniquity of fathers upon their children, unto the third 
and fourth generation of those that hate me; and show- 
ing mercy unto thousands of those that love me, and 
keep my commandments. 

2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 
in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that 
shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain. 

3. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day. 
Six days shalt thou labor, and shalt do all thy works; 
but on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy 
God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou, nor thy son, nor 
thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser- 
vant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy 
gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested 
on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh 
day, and sanctified it. 

4. Honor thy father and thy mother, that thou 
mayest be long-lived upon the Jand which the Lord thy 
God will give thee. 

5. Thou shalt not kill. 

6. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

7. Thou shalt not steal. 

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CHRISTIAN DOCTEINE XXIII 


8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbor. 

9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife. 

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, nor 
his servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that 
is his. 


The Six Precepts of the Church 


1. To hear Mass on Sundays, and all holydays of 
obligation. 

2. To fast and abstain on the days commanded. 

3. To confess our sins at least once a year, 

4. To receive the blessed Eucharist at Easter. 

5. To contribute to the support of our pastors. 

6. Not to solemnise marriage at the forbidden times; 
nor to marry persons within the forbidden degrees of 
kindred, or otherwise prohibited by the Church; nor 
clandestinely. 


Seven Sacraments 


Baptismicade es oe 0 cee war, vo.qg odVlatl. xevut.) 10. 
Contirmatione jk Ga Ae CIS Vl 17 
Eucharist!2+-- esse ee es Matt. xvi. 26 
Pe ngners..s Th setareek ee sctatle'e Jobn xx. 23. 
Extreme Unction..............James v. 14. 
Baly, Orders cicserle ours? oocgagtssacs Luke xxii. 19. 
Matrimonyas.. sane santas Mal. xix. .6. 


The Three Theological Virtues 
Faith — Hope — and Charity 
The Four Cardinal Virtues 


Prudence — Justice — Fortitude — and Temperance 


The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost — Isa. xi. 2, 3 


Wisdom, Fortitude, Piety, 
Understanding, Knowledge, The fear of the 
Counsel, Lord. 


XXIV A BRIEF STATEMENT OF 


The Twelve Fruits of the Holy Ghost 


Charity, Longanimity, Fidelity, 
Joy, Goodness, Modesty, 
Peace, Benignity, Continency, 
Patience, Mildness, Chastity. 


The Spiritual Works of Mercy 


To counsel the doubtful, To forgive offenses, 

To instruct the ignorant, To bear wrongs patiently, 
To admonish sinners, To pray for the living and 
To comfort the afflicted, the dead. 


The Corporal Works of Mercy 


To feed the hungry, To visit the sick, 
To give drink to the thirsty, To visit the captive, 
To clothe the naked, and 


To harbor the harborless, To bury the dead. 


The Eight Beatitudes — Matt. v 


1. Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. 

2. Blessed are the meek; for they shall possess the 
land. 

3. Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be 
comforted. 

4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after jus- 
tice; for they shall be filled. 

5. Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain 
mercy. 

6. Blessed are the clean of heart; for they shall see 
God. 

7. Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be 
called the children of God. 

8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ 
sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven: 


CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE XXV 


The Seven Deadly Sins, and the opposite Virtues 





Pride, ~ @ ({ Humility. 
Covetousness, = Liberality. 
Lust, iS | Chastity. 
Anger, > { Meekness. 
Gluttony, S | Temperance. 
Envy, g Brotherly love. 
Sloth, © | Diligence. 





Sins against the Holy Ghost 
Presumption of God’s mercy —Despair — Impugning 
the known truth — Envy at another’s spiritual good — 
Obstinacy in sin — Final impenitence. 
| Sins crying to Heaven for Vengeance 


Wilful murder — The sin of Sodom — Oppression of 
the poor — Defrauding laborers of their wages. 


Nine Ways of being accessory to another’s Sin 


By counsel— By command — By consent — By provo- 
cation — By praise or flattery — By concealment — By 
partaking — By silence — By defence of the ill done. 


Three Eminent Good Works 


Alms-deeds, or works of mercy — Prayer — and Fasting. 


The Evangelical Counsels 
Voluntary poverty — Chastity — and Obedience 


The Four Last Things to be Remembered 
Death — Judgment — Hell — and Heaven. 


HOW TO PRAY 


The Nature of Prayer 
Paver is a communing with God. It is 


sweet converse held between the soul and its 
Maker, whether by means of words or thoughts 
only. It is a lifting of our minds and hearts to 
the loving and almighty Father Who made us, 
in order to praise and adore Him for all His 
greatness and goodness, to thank Him for the 
unbounded and numberless benefits we have 
received from Him, to petition His bounty for 
the many favors we need and to ask His pardon 
for our offenses. As a child goes to its father 
to express its filial love and devotion and to obtain 
the satisfaction of its wants, as a friend talks to a 
friend, so in prayer the pious soul speaks to God 
and communes with its Creator. 


The Kinds of Prayer 
Quere are two general kinds of prayer, 


mental and vocal. The first consists in thought 
only, as when we think reverently of God, of 
His eternity, immensity, power, goodness, mercy, 
and the like; or whenever our mind dwells with 
pious reflection on divine things, such as the 
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacraments, 
the Blessed Virgin or the saints, the future 
state of souls, heaven, purgatory, and the life 
to come. The contemplation of God, of His 
XXVI 


HOW TO PRAY XXVII 


attributes, or of any divine truths, which arouses 
pious affections or occasions good resolutions, 
comes under the head of mental prayer. As we 
can reflect in our own way and with sentiments 
of love on the persons of our friends and relatives 
who are far away, as we can think of their quali- 
ties of mind and soul, of all they have done or 
been to us, so in our minds alone, without the 
use of words, we can think affectionately and 
interestedly of God and of divine truths; and 
this is what is meant by mental prayer. No 
special method or system is required for this act 
of religion. Neither is it necessary to single out 
for our meditation any particular divine subject. 
Rather we should dwell on those mysteries which 
appeal to us most, and from contemplation of 
which we derive most spiritual fruit. Doubtless 
the life of our divine Saviour is the most attrac- 
tive and fruitful subject of our pious thoughts, 
since it is the easiest to dwell on and the most 
universal in its appeal. 

Vocal prayer adds to mental prayer the use of 
words, or external expression of our thoughts. 
Its usefulness lies in the fact that it helps the 
mind to fix and hold attention, that it reinforces 
our thoughts thus increasing fervor and devotion, 
and that it joins the homage of the body to that 
of the soul. Here again, for private prayer, no 
special form is required, no particular words or 
expressions are necessary, although the most 
beautiful vocal prayers are those which have 
been handed down to us from our Lord, the 
Holy Scriptures and the Church. 


XXVIII HOW TO PRAY 
The Benefits of Prayer 


ROM its very nature we can understand how 
rich in beneftts is prayer. It honors God and 
helps us both in soul and body. We are God’s 
children, and as a child honors its father by 
speaking reverently to him, by manifesting Its 
love for him, by showmg that it depends upon 
him for its needs and by begging forgiveness of 
offenses committed, so do we in these various 
ways give honor to God through prayer. More- 
over, by this holy exercise we obtain for ourselves 
all we need both spiritually and temporally; we 
are strengthened against temptation and our 
natural weaknesses; our life is ennobled and 
filled with virtues and we are better fitted for 
heaven. In the words of St. Lawrence Justinian, 
prayer ‘“‘pleases God, gets what it asks, overcomes 
enemies, changes man.” Rightly, then, has it 
been called incense ascending before the throne 
of God, or a golden key which unlocks for us 
the treasures of heaven. 


The Necessity of Prayer 


OD has not merely counseled, but has com- 
manded us to have recourse to prayer: ‘“‘We 
ought always to pray, and not to faint” (Luke 
xvul. 1); ‘‘Ask, and it shall be given you” 
(Matt. vil. 7). Again, we are dependent creatures, 
and as such are bound to render honor and grati- 
tude to the Author of our being. We are frail 
creatures, subject to all kinds of infirmities and 
unable to do anything meritorious of eternal life 


HOW TO PRAY XxIx 


without God’s grace. Since, therefore, God has 
decreed to give His special help only to those who 
seek it, prayer becomes a necessity, if we are to 
save our souls. “He who prays,” says St. 
Alphonsus, “will certainly be saved; he who does 
not, will certainly be damned.” 


The Simplicity of Prayer 
Propte often find it difficult to pray because 


they have an exaggerated notion of prayer, not 
really understanding what it means and erro- 
neously believing that it consists in very lofty 
thoughts, which must be expressed in corre- 
spondingly elevated words and sentences; where- 
as the very opposite is the truth. How simple 
are the Our Father and the Hail Mary! How 
unaffected the thoughts and the words of the 
centurion, the Ieper, the blind man, and others 
mentioned in the Gospel, who sought help from 
our Lord and were heard! 

Neither is it necessary for a prayer to be long 
to be perfect; it need not be said in any par- 
ticular place or at any special time; nor need it 
be said kneeling, or standing. We may turn our 
hearts to God at all times, in all places, and in 
any posture of body, whether we be in the street 
or in the church, at home or abroad; and this is 
not only prayer, but devout prayer. 


How to Pray Well 


Praver means simple, loving converse be- 
tween the soul and God, as between a child and 





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XXX HOW TO PRAY 
its father, yet it Is quite obvious that ert A 
dispositions of soul are indispensable to this holy 
exercise. The Sacred Scriptures admonish us, in 
the first place, to prepare ourselves: ‘Before 
prayer prepare thy soul, and be not as a man 
that tempteth God” (Ecclus. xviii. 23). This 
preparation is not difficult, consisting simply in 
humility, sorrow for sin, a wish to improve our 
lives, confidence in God and His mercy and free- 
dom from hatred of our neighbor. During prayer 
the chief things required are: a realization of the 
presence of God, attention to what we are saying, 
sincerity and fervor. If, while praying, we are 
purposely or consciously distracted we become 
like those irreligious worshipers, of whom our 
Lord said: “This people honoreth Me with their 
lips, but their heart is far from Me” (Matt. xv. 
8). Fmally, for good prayer it is necessary that 
we pray with entire submission to the will of our 
heavenly Father who knows what is best for us, 
and with perseverance, which means that we 
should continue to implore God’s help and grace 
as long as we live. Christ the Lord has said: 
“We ought always to pray” (Luke xviii. ry 
Our prayers will be greatly enhanced in value and 
efficacy, if we add to them works of charity and 
mortification. 


To Whom We Should Pray 


RAYER should primarily be directed to 
God in the Three Persons of the Blessed Trinity; 
but since the fruitfulness of our supplications 
depends solely on the merits of Christ, our 





HOW TO PRAY XXXI 


‘edeemer and Advocate with the Father, we 
hould offer them in His Name. Thereby they 
equire the weight and influence which make 
hem pleasing to the Father. It is also useful 
o invoke the intercession of the Blessed Virgin 
nd the saints, who are God’s special friends, and 
s such enjoy not only great power with the 
\Imighty, but are deeply interested in our wel- 
are and we address our prayers to them re- 
juesting their intercession with God in our behalf 
ior favors both temporal and spiritual. 


For What We Should Pray 


HAT most perfect of prayers, the Our Father, 
contains all the things for which we should pray, 
and also indicates the order of importance ac- 
cording to which our requests should be made. 
Therefore, m the first of the seven petitions 
which constitute this the best of prayers we say, 
“Hallowed be Thy Name,” thus asking that God 
be acknowledged and glorified and praised 
throughout the earth. In the second petition we 
say, “Thy kingdom come,” that is, may we one 
day possess the kingdom of heaven, which God 
has prepared for us. And since this great king- 
dom can only be entered and enjoyed by those 
who do God’s will here on earth, we say in the 
third petition, “Thy will be done,” begging that 
we may be enabled at all times to keep His com- 
mandments. In the fourth petition we ask for 
our daily bread, that is, we beg of God those 
temporal and spiritual necessities without which 


XXXII HOW TO PRAY 


we can sustain neither the life of our bodies nor 
that of our souls. 

Thus far in the Lord’s Prayer we have been 
seeking good things. Next we ask to be pre- 
served from evils of soul and body, imploring 
deliverance from our trespasses and sins which 
would exclude us from the kingdom of God. 
We then pray for victory over temptation which 
would hinder us from doing God’s will. In con- 
cluding this beautiful prayer, we ask to be de- 
livered from all those evils which might imperil 
our spiritual or temporal life, such as sudden 
death, famine, war, pestilence and the like. 


For Whom We Should Pray 


Y the use of the word “our” in the Lord’s 
Prayer it is clear that God wishes us to pray not 
only for ourselves, but for others, and therefore 
it is also our duty to offer supplications for all 
mankind, imploring for them first spiritual, then 
temporal benefits. In a special manner, however, 
we are bound to pray for our relatives, pastors, 
friends and benefactors, for our country and its 
rulers, for the just and the faithful departed, for 
enemies and sinners. 

We should not omit offering frequent prayers 
of thanksgiving for the numerous and weighty 
blessings which God continually bestows upon 
us and on the whole human race, and thanking 
Him particularly for the crowns of victory and 
glory with which He has adorned the Blessed 
Virgin and the saints. Thanksgiving and peti- 





HOW TO PRAY XXXII 


tion are, indeed, the two principal parts of 
prayer, the former being quite as necessary as 
the latter. In fact, if we are not grateful for 
God’s benefits, how may we expect that He will 
heed our petitions? The one, therefore, is in- 
dispensable to the other. 





Conclusion 


Mer us with all confidence have recourse to 
prayer, being assured, as St. Bernard says, that 
“God will grant what we ask or something 
better.” In seeking the aid of men we often are 
disappointed, either because they are unable to 
give what we request, or because they are un- 
willing to help us. Not so with God, Who is 
both almighty and all good. Moreover, we have 
the solemn promise of Christ confirmed by His 
oath, that God is always ready to hear and 
answer us: “‘Amen, amen, I say to you, if you 
ask the Father anything n My Name, He will 
give it you” (John xvi. 23). Our Lord is our 
advocate with the Father; hence when, with 
piety and perseverance, we ask for anything 
that is necessary for our salvation, it is impossible 
not to be heard. “Let us go, therefore, with 
confidence to the throne of grace, that we may 
obtain mercy, and find grace in seasonable aid” 


(Heb. tv. 16). 


THE HEROIC ACT OF CHARITY 


This act consists in offering to the Divine Majesty for 
the souls in Purgatory all the satisfactions of our works 
and our indulgences throughout life, as well as all the 
suffrages that shall be offered for us after death. It is a 
laudable custom to make this offering through the hands 
of the Blessed Virgin, that she may apply our satisfac- 
tions as she may elect. 

The Heroic Act is not a giving over of our merits, nor 
does it deprive ourselves of the benefit of our prayers; 
but only a surrender of the remission of temporal punish- 
ment due to sin which would otherwise belong to our- 
selves. On the contrary, those who make this act gain 
for themselves special merits and the particular blessing 
of God. It is well to renew it frequently. No special form 
of words is required, but the following may be used: 


QO HEAVENLY Father, m union with the 
merits of Jesus and Mary, I offer Thee, for the 
poor souls in Purgatory, all the works of satisfac- 
tion of my entire life, as well as all the satisfac- 
tory works that will be offered for me after my 
death. These works I surrender into the most 
pure hands of the immaculate Virgin Mary, that 
she may apply them to those souls which, ac- 
cording to her wisdom and motherly love, should 
be first delivered from Purgatory. Graciously 
accept, O my God, this offering, and may it 
win for me Thy constant favor. 


(A plenary indulgence for the souls in Purgatory may be gained by those who 
make this act (1) whenever they go to Holy Communion, (2) whenever, for the 
souls in Purgatory, they assist at Mass on a Monday, or, if this is not possible, 
on a Sunday. Condition: Visit to a church and prayer therein for the Pope. 
— Pius X. Feb. 20, 1907.) 





TW 


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Morning WBrapers 


Morning prayers should comprise adoration of the 
Divine Majesty, thanksgiving for His protection during 
the night, and consecration of the day to God’s service. 
Each day, as it comes, may be the last one of our earthly 
lives. We should, therefore, try to keep it free from 
sin and fill it with good works, fruitful unto life eternal. 
To this end we must purpose to please our heavenly 

_ Father and implore His help and blessing for the day. 


On awakening turn your thoughts immediately to God, 
and, making the Sign of the Cross, say: 


N the Name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 


(Ind. of 50 days is granted for making the Sign of the 
Cross; and of 100 days, if it be done with holy water. 
The words must in either case be said.— Pius IX. 
July 28, 1863; March 23, 1866.) 


On rising from your bed, say: 
N the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ cruct- 
fied, I arise. May He bless, govern, and 
preserve me, and bring me to everlasting life. 
Amen. 
In kneeling down try to put yourself in the presence 
of God, realizing that He is before you, that He sees 


all your thoughts, and is anxious to bear and belp 
you. Then say: 


2 MORNING PRAYERS 


REE my mind, O Lord, from all distracting 
thoughts, and enable me to pray at all 
times with attention and devotion, so that I 
may deserve to be heard by Thee. I offer Thee 
my prayers in union with that divine intention 
with which Thou Thyself, while on earth, didst 


render praises to God. 


ACTS OF ADORATION AND THANKSGIVING 
LESSED be the holy and undivided Trinity, 


now and forevermore. Amen. 

Unto the King of ages, the immortal, invis- 
ible, and only God, be honor and g'ory forever 
and ever. 

I thank Thee, O my Father, for the innumer- 
able favors and benefits which I have received 
from Thy loving kindness and mercy, especially 
for having preserved me this night. 


Glory be to the Father Who has created me, 
glory be to the Son Who has redeemed me, glory 
be to the Holy Ghost Who has sanctified me. 


MORNING OFFERING 


JESUS, through the Immaculate Heart of 

Mary, I offer Thee my prayers, works and 
sufferings of this day for all the intentions of 
Thy Sacred Heart, m union with the Holy 
Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in 
reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all 
our Associates and in particular for the intention 
of the Apostleship of Prayer. 


PRAYERS TO BE SAID EVERY DAY 3 
Prapers to be Sain Every Wap 


The Lord’s Prayer 


UR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be 

Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will 
be done on earth as it is In heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread; and forgive us our 
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass 
against us; and lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil. Amen. 


The Angelical Salutation 
AIL, Mary, full of grace! the Lord is with 


thee: blessed art thou amongst women, and 
blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy 
Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now 
and at the hour of our death. Amen. 


The Apostles’ Creed 
BELIEVE in God, the Father Almighty, 


Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus 
Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was con- 
ceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin 
Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was cru- 
cified; died, and was buried. He descended into 
hell; the third day He arose again from the dead: 
He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right 
hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence 
He shall come to judge the living and the dead. 
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic 
Church, the communion of Saints, the forgive- 
ness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and 
the life everlasting. Amen. 


4 PRAYERS TO BE SAID EVERY DAY 


The Confiteor 


CONFESS to Almighty God, to blessed 

Mary, ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the 
Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the 
Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the, 
Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, 
word and deed, through my fault, through my 
fault, through my most grievous fault. There- 
fore I beseech blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed 
Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, 
the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the 
Saints, to pray to the Lord our God for me. 

May the Almighty God have mercy on me, 
and forgive me my sins, and bring me to ever- 
lasting life. Amen. 

May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant 
me pardon, > absolution, and remission of all 
my sins. Amen. 


AN ACT OF FAITH 


MY God, I firmly believe all the sacred 
truths which Thy holy Catholic Church be- 
lieves and teaches, because Thou hast revealed 
them, Who canst neither deceive nor be deceived. 


AN ACT OF HOPE 


MY God, relying on Thy infinite goodness 

and promises, I hope to obtain the pardon 
of my sins, the assistance of Thy grace, and life 
everlasting; through the merits of Jesus Christ, 
our Lord and Saviour. 


PRAYERS TO BE SAID EVERY DAY 5 
AN ACT OF CHARITY 
MY God! I love Thee above all things with 


my whole heart and soul, because Thou 

art all-good, and worthy of all love. I love my 

neighbor as myself for the love of Thee. I for- 

give all who have injured me, and ask pardon of 
all whom I have injured. 

(Ind. of 7 years and 7 quarantines * for saying the acts 


of faith, hope and charity, each time. — BENEpicr XIV, 
Jan. 28, 1756.) 


THE ANGELUS 


The Angelus is to be said morning, noon, and evening 
in memory of the adorable mystery of the Incarnation. 
On Saturday evening and on Sunday, it should be said 
standing, otherwise kneeling. 


HE angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. 
R. And she conceived by the Holy Ghost. 
Hail, Mary, etc. 
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. 
R. Be it done unto me according to Thy word. 
Hail, Mary, etc. 
V. ANpD THE WorD WAS MADE FLESH. 
R. And dwelt among us. Hail, Mary, etc. 
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the 
promises of Christ. 


* A quarantine was a forty days’ fast on bread and 
water, joined with other penitential works, which was 
prescribed by the ancient Church. It usually began on 
| Ash Wednesday, and terminated with the end of Lent. 
An indulgence of 7 quarantines, therefore, is equal in 
satisfactory value to seven of these ancient penitential 
exercises. 


6 PRAYERS TO BE SAID EVERY DAY 


Let us Pray 
OUR forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy 


grace into our hearts; that we to whom the 
Incarnation of Christ Thy Son-was made known 
by the message of an angel, may by His Passion 
and cross, be brought to the glory of His Resur- 
rection. Through the same Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days. each time. — Leo XIII, May 20, 


THE REGINA CAELI 


From Holy Saturday noon until Trinity Sunday the fol- 

lowing anthem is recited standing instead of the Angelus. 
RIGHT Queen of heaven! your joy declare; 

: Alleluia. 

For He, Whom you deserved to bear; Alleluia. 

Hath, as He said, rose from the grave; Alleluia. 

Petition God our souls to save. Alleluia. 

V. Rejoice and’be glad, O Virgin Mary. Alle- 
luia. 


R. For He hath truly risen. Alleluia. 


Let us Pray 


GOD! Who by the Resurrection of our Lord 

Jesus Christ, Thy Son, hast vouchsafed to 
rejoice the world, grant, we beseech Thee, that 
by the intercession of His Virgin Mother, Mary, 
we may receive the joys of eternal life, through 
the same Christ, our Lord. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days, each time. — Leo XIII. May 20, 
1896.) 


PRAYERS TO BE SAID EVERY DAY 7 


GRACE AT MEALS 
Before Meals 
LESS us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which 


we are about to receive from Thy bounty. 
Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
After Meals 


E give Thee thanks, O almighty God, for 
all Thy mercies. Who livest and reignest 
forever and ever. Amen. 





8 PRAYERS DURING THE DAY 


Brapers During the Dap 
On Going Out in the Morning 


HOW me, O Lord, Thy ways, and teach me 
Thy paths. Direct my steps according to 
Thy word, that no injustice may rule over me. 
Make perfect my walking in Thy paths, that my 
footsteps may not be moved. 
Jesus and Mary, we pray, be with us on our 
way. 


To the Guardian Angel 
NGEL of God, my guardian dear, 


To whom His love commits me here, 
Ever this day be at my side. 
To light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days each time. — LEo XIII. Aug. 19, 1893.) 


On Going into Church 


LORD, in the multitude of Thy mercies, 
I will enter into Thy house, and worship 
Thee in Thy holy temple, and praise Thy name. 


At Taking Holy Water 
PRINKLE me, O Lord, with hyssop, and 


I shall be cleansed; wash me, and [I shall 
be made whiter than the snow. Create In me a 
clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit 
within me. 


PRAYERS DURING THE DAY 9 


Before Work 


OOK upon Thy servants, O Lord, and upon 
Thy works, and direct their children. And 
let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon 
us, and direct Thou the works of our hands over 
us; yea, the work of our hands do Thou direct. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 
As it was in the beginning, etc. 


Before Study or Reading 


RANT me grace, O merciful God, to desire 

ardently all that is pleasing to Thee, to 
examine it prudently, to acknowledge it truth- 
fully, and to accomplish it perfectly, for the 
vraise and glory of Thy name. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time.—LeEo XIII. June 21, 1879.) 


Ejaculation 
Our Lady of good studies, pray for us. 
(Ind. of 300 days once a day. — Pius X. May 22, 1906.) 





10 PRAYERS DURING THE DAY 


Sndulgenced Ejaculations 


1. Blessed be God! 
(Ind. of 50 days. — Pius X. Nov. 28, 1903.) 


2. My God and my all. 
(Ind. of 50 days. — Leo XIII. May 4, 1888.) 


3. Praised be Jesus Christ, now and forever- 
more. 
(Ind. of 100 days. — CLEMENT XIII. Sept. 5, 1759.) 


4. My Jesus, Mercy! 
(Ind. of 100 days. — Pius IX. Sept. 24, 1846.) 


5. Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, increase in us 
our Faith, Hope and Charity. 
(Ind. of 300 days. — BENEpicr XV. April 5, 1917.) 


6. May the most just, most high, and most 
adorable will of God be done im all things, praised 
and magnified forever. 

(Ind. of 100 days, once a day.—Pius VII. May 109, 1818.) 


7. My Lord, grant that I may love Thee, 
and that the reward of my love may be to love 
Thee ever more and more. 

(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. — LEo XIII. March 15, 
1890.) 

8. Jesus, my God, I love Thee above all 
things. 

Ind. of 50 days, each time. — Pius IX. May 7, 1854.) 

g. O Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament have 
mercy on us. 

(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius X. May 20, 1911.) 


PRAYERS DURING THE DAY II 


10. Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. 
(Ind. of 100 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. Feb. 27, 1886.) 


11. Saviour of the world, have mercy on us. 

(Ind. of 50 days, once a day. — LEo XIII. Feb. 21, 
1891.) 

12. My sweetest Jesus, be not my Judge, but 
my Saviour. 

(Ind. of 50 days, each time.—Pius IX. Nov. 29, 1853.) 


13. Jesus, Mary, Joseph. 

(Ind. of 7 years and 7 quarantines. — Pius X. June 8, 
1906.) 

14. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless us now and 
at the hour of our death. 

(Ind. of 50 days, each time. — Pius VII. July 2, 1816.) 


15. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give You my 
heart and my soul. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, 
assist me In my last agony. Jesus, Mary, and 
Joseph, may I breathe out my soul in peace with 
You. 

(Ind. of 300 days, each time.—Prus VII. April 28, 1807.) 








Evening Prayers 


We should never neglect our night prayers. First, it 
is only proper that, when the day is over, we return 
thanks to God for His help and protection during the 
day, even for the crosses He may have sent to prove and 
sanctify us; and secondly, we ought to offer up fervent 
supplications that we may be protected from harm while 
we rest. Each night may be our last one here below. We 
should think of this when saying our evening prayers. 


N the name of the Father, 44 and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 


AN ACT OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD 


ALMIGHTY and _ eternal God, Whose 

majesty filleth heaven and earth, I firmly 
believe that Thou art here present; that Thine 
all-seemg eye Is upon me; that Thou knowest 
all things, and art most intimately present in 
the very center of my soul. I desire to bow 
down all the powers of my soul to adore Thee; 
I desire to join my voice with all Thy blessed 
angels and saints, to praise Thee and glorify Thee 
now and forever. 


EVENING PRAYERS 13 


AN ACT OF THANKSGIVING 
MOST heartily thank Thee, O Lord, for 


all Thy mercies and blessings bestowed upon 
me and upon Thy whole Church; and particu- 
larly for those I have received from Thee this 
day, in watching over me, and preserving me 
from so many evils, and favoring me with so 
many graces and inspirations. [Here pause and 
meditate on God’s mercies.| Oh, let me never 
more be ungrateful unto Thee, my God, Who 
art so good and gracious unto me. 


PRAYERS OF SHUR THERESE 
Love of God 


ae the close of evening I shall appear before 
Thee with empty hands, for I ask not, 
Lord, that Thou wouldst count my works. All 
our justice is tarnished in Thy sight. It is there- 
fore my desire to be clothed with Thme own 
justice and to receive from Thy love the eternal 
possession of Thyself. I crave no other throne 
or other crown but Thee, O my Beloved. 


Gratitude 


MY God, how good Thou art to me, the vic- 

tim of Thy merciful love. Now even though 
Thou dost join physical suffering to the trials 
of my soul, I cannot say: “The sorrows of death 
have encompassed me.” But I cry out in my 
gratitude: “J have gone down into the valley of the 
shadow of death, yet I fear no evil, because Thou, 
O Lord, art with me.” 


14 EVENING PRAYERS 


Hope 


DAY ...an hour...and we shall have 

reached the port! My God, what shall we 
see then? What is that life which will never 
have an end?... Jesus will be the soul of our 
soul. Unfathomable mystery! ‘Eye hath not 
seen, nor ear beard, neither bath it entered into the 
beart of man what great things God hath prepared 
for them that love Him.” 


AN EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE 
MY Lord Jesus Christ, Judge of the living 


and the dead, before whom I must appear 
one day to give an exact account of my whole 
life; enlighten me, I beseech Thee, and give me an 
humble and contrite heart, that I may see wherein 
I have offended Thine infinite Majesty, and judge 
myself now with such a just severity, that then 
Thou mayest judge me with mercy and clemency. 


Here pause a moment and consider where and in what 
company you have been this day. Call to mind the sins 
committed against God, your neighbor, or yourself; and 
reflect whether you have fulfilled the duties of your state 
of life. 

Offenses against God: Omission or negligence in 
religious duties; irreverence and wilful distractions in 
prayer; lack of confidence and resignation; cursing, 
swearing, etc. 

Against the neighbor: Want of obedience or respect; 
scandal, hatred, quarreling; stealing, injuries; lies, false 
reports; jealousy, desire of revenge, etc. 

Against self: Vanity, human respect; thoughts, de- 
sires or language against purity; intemperance in eating 
or drinking; laziness and neglect of one’s duties. 


EVENING PRAYERS 15 


The Confiteor 


CONFESS to Almighty God, to blessed 

Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the 
Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the 
holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the 
Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, 
word and deed, through my fault, through my 
fault, through my most grievous fault. There- 
fore I beseech blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed 
Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, 
the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the 
Saints, to pray to the Lord our God for me. 

May Almighty God have mercy on me, for- 
give me my sins, and bring me to everlasting 
life. Amen. 

May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant 
me pardon, + absolution, and remission of all 
my sins. Amen. 


AN ACT OF CONTRITION 


MY God! I am heartily sorry for having 

offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, 
because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains 
of hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, 
my God, who art all-good and deserving of all 
my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy 
grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to 
amend my life. 


PRAYER FOR THE LIVING 


GOD, hear my prayers on behalf of our 
Holy Father, the Pope, our Bishops, our 
clergy, and for all that are in authority over 


16 EVENING PRAYERS 


us. Bless, I beseech Thee, the whole Catholic 
Church; protect our country; send down Thy 
benediction, on my parents, my relatives, friends, 
and benefactors. Protect my home; comfort the 
poor, the sick, the afflicted, and the agonizing; 
convert and enlighten heretics and infidels. 


PRAYER FOR THE DEPARTED, ESPECIALLY 
OUR FRIENDS AND BENEFACTORS 


The De Profundis* 
(Psalm CXXIX) 


UT of the depths I have cried to Thee, 
O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. 

Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my 
supplications. 

If thou, O Lord, shalt mark iniquities; Lord, 
who shall stand? 

For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness: 
and by reason of Thy law I have waited for 
Thee, O Lord. 

My soul hath relied on His word; my soul 
hath hoped in the Lord. 

From the morning watch even unto night, let 
Israel hope in the Lord. 

Because with the Lord there is mercy, and 
with Him plentiful redemption. 

And He shall redeem Israel from all his 
iniquities. 

Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord. 


*The Psalms quoted have been newly translated from 
the Vulgate in the light of the original Hebrew by the 
authors. 


EVENING PRAYERS 17 


And let perpetual light shine upon them. 
May they rest in peace. 

O Lord! hear my prayer. 

And let my cry come unto Thee. 


Let us Pray 


GOD! the Creator and Redeemer of all the 
faithful, grant to the souls of Thy servants 
departed, the remission of all their sins, that, 
through pious supplications, they may obtain 
that pardon, which they have always desired. 
Who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen. 


ACTS OF PETITION 
OUCHSAFE, O Lord, this night, 


To keep us without sin. 
Have mercy upon us, O Lord. 
Have mercy upon us. 
Let Thy mercy, be upon us, O Lord. 
As we have hoped in Thee. 
O Lord, hear our prayer. 
And let our cry come unto Thee. 


Let us Pray 
ISIT, we beseech Thee, O Lord, this habita- 


tion, and drive far from it all snares of the 


enemy. Let Thy holy angels dwell herein, to 


preserve us in peace; and may Thy blessing be 
always upon us, through our Lord, Jesus Christ. 

Save us, O Lord, when we are awake, and keep 
us while we sleep, that we may watch with 
Christ, and rest in peace, Amen. 


18 EVENING PRAYERS 


PRAYER OF ST. ALPHONSUS 


RD Jesus Christ, my God, I adore Thee 

and thank Thee for all the _ blessings 
which Thou hast conferred upon me this day. 
I offer Thee my rest and all the moments of this 
night, and I beseech Thee to protect me from 
all sin. Therefore I place myself within the most. 
sacred wound of Thy side, and under the protect- 
ing mantle of Mary my Mother. 

May Thy holy angels assist me and preserve 
me in peace. May Thy blessing be upon me 
forevermore. 

(Ind. of 60 days, once a day.—LeEo XIII. June 30, 1893.) 


After retiring say: 
NTO Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my 
spirit. Lord Jesus, receive my soul. In the 
name of our Lord Jesus Christ crucified, I lay me 
down to rest. May He bless, govern and protect 
me; and, after this short pilgrimage, bring to me 
everlasting happiness. Amen. 


LORD Jesus Christ, Whose unwearied eye 

neither slumbers nor sleeps, but continually 
watches in defense of Thy servants; take me and 
mine, I beseech Thee, into Thy protection, and 
grant, that whilst my body is asleep, my soul 
may be awake to Thee, and that I may here- 
after behold Thee in that blessed and heavenly 
country, where Thou, with the Father and the 
Holy Ghost, rulest eternally, and where all the 
angels, with the blessed saints, are citizens 
forever. Amen. 


























DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION 
ravers before Confession 


Each confession should be made as carefully as if it 
were to be the Jast one of our lives. First, we should beg 
God’s mercy, and ask Him to give us light to know our 
sins, and grace to detest them; then diligently examine 

_ our consciences. 
: 
. 


A PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS 
(Psalm L) 


AVE mercy upon me, O God; according to 
Thy great mercy. 

And according to the multitude of Thy tender 
mercies: blot out my transgression. 

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity: and 
cleanse me from my sin. 

For I acknowledge my transgression: and my 
sin 1s always before me. 

Against Thee only have I sinned, and done evil 
in Thy sight: that Thou mayest be justified when 
Thou givest sentence, and mayest be victorious 
when Thou art judged. 

For behold, I was born in iniquities: and in 
sins did my mother conceive me. 


20 DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION 


For behold, Thou hast loved truth and sin- 
cerity: the hidden and secret things of Thy wis- 
dom Thou hast made known unto me. 

Thou shalt purify me with hyssop, and I shall 
be cleansed: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall 
be made whiter than snow. 

Thou shalt make me to hear joy and gladness: 
and the bones that were humbled shall rejoice. 

Turn away Thy face from my sins: and blot 
out all mine iniquities. 

Cast me not away from Thy presence: and 
take not Thy holy Spirit from me. 

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation: and 
strengthen me with a willing spirit. 

The sacrifice of God is an afflicted spirit: a 
contrite and humble heart, O God, Thou wilt 
not despise. 


INVOCATION OF THE HOLY GHOST 
HOLY SPIRIT, Source of all light, Spirit of 


wisdom, of understanding, and of knowl- 
edge, come to my assistance and enable me to 
make a good confession. Enlighten me, and 
help me now to know my sins as one day I shall 
be forced to recognize them before Thy judgment- 
seat. Bring to my mind the evil which I have 
done and the good which I have neglected. Per- 
mit me not to be blinded by self-love. Grant 
me, moreover, heartfelt sorrow for my trans- 
gressions, and the grace of a sincere confession, 


so that I may be forgiven and admitted into 
Thy friendship. 


DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION 21 


EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE 


It is necessary that we tell in confession, as far as we 
can remember, all the mortal or grievous sins we may 
have been guilty of since our last worthy confession, giv- 
ing the number of times each one has been committed. 
If we have nothing but venial or light sins to tell, it is 
always wel] to include one or other of the more serious 
sins of the past. The following list will help us to know 
our sins, 


Preliminary Examination 


When did you make your last confession? 
Did you have real sorrow for the sins then told? 
Did you conceal or forget any mortal sin? Have 
you performed your penance, and done as your 
confessor directed? Have you really tried to 
keep your good resolutions? 


Table of Sins against the Commandments 


First ComMMANDMENT: Have you doubted in 
matters of faith? consulted fortune-tellers? be- 
lieved in dreams? made use of superstitious prac- 
tices? gone to places of false worship? belonged 
to forbidden societies? read anti-Catholic books 
and papers? neglected your religious instruction? 
omitted religious duties through human respect? 
Have you murmured against God, or despaired 
of His mercy? Or have you rashly presumed on 
His goodness in committing sin? Have you 
neglected your daily prayers? been irreverent 
toward God, sacred persons, places, or things? 

SECOND CoMMANDMENT: Have you taken the 
name of God in vain? spoken disrespectfully of 
the saints or holy things? sworn falsely, rashly, 





22 DEVOTIONS FCR CONFESSION 


or in slight and trivial matters? Have you 
cursed, blasphemed, or caused others to do so? 

THrRD COMMANDMENT: Have you kept holy the 
Sunday and holydays by assisting at Mass with 
devotion? Have you performed or commanded 
unnecessary servile work? bought or sold with- 
out necessity, or in any other way profaned these 
days? 

FouRTH COMMANDMENT: Have you shown due 
honor and obedience to your parents, pastors, 
and other superiors? Have you been respectful 
to aged persons? Have you had proper care for 
your children and those dependent upon you, in 
particular as regards religious training and duties? 
Have you given them good example? 

FirtH COMMANDMENT: Have you procured, 
desired, or hastened the death of any one? Have 
you been guilty of anger, hatred, quarreling, 
revenge? used provoking language, insulting 
words, ridicule? refused to speak to others? 
caused enmities? given scandal? 

SrxTH AND NINTH COMMANDMENTs: Have you 
been guilty of impurity or immodesty in thoughts, 
words, or actions? Have you put yourself in 
an occasion of sin by reading bad books, keepmg 
bad company, attending immoral performances, 
and the like? Have you been an occasion of sin 
to others by your conversation, dress, actions? 

SEVENTH AND TENTH CoMMANDMENTS: Have 
you stolen or retained ill-gotten goods? cheated? 
refused to pay your just debts? damaged or 
wasted the property of others? accepted bribes? 
neglected to make restitution, or to help the 


DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION 23 


poor? Have you coveted what belongs to others? 

EIGHTH COMMANDMENT: Have you borne false 
witness for or against another? been guilty of 
detraction, flattery, hypocrisy, lying, rash 
judgment? 


Table of Sins against the Precepts of the Church 


1. Have you observed the Sundays and holy- 
days by hearing Mass and avoiding servile works? 

2. Have you neglected prescribed fasts and 
abstinences without sufficient reason? 

3. Have you confessed your mortal sins at 
least once a year? 

4. Have you gone to Holy Communion during 
the Easter time? 

5. Have you contributed according to your 
means to religion and the Church? 

6. Have you married not in accordance with 
the laws of the Catholic Church, or aided others 
in doing so? 


Table of Capital Sins 


1. Have you been guilty of pride, vainglory, 
love of applause, contempt of others? 

2. Have you been too eager in seeking the 
goods of this world, or had your heart set on 
them? 

3. Have you violated the Sixth and Ninth 
Commandments in any way? 

4. Have you been guilty of unreasonable 
anger, or disagreeableness of disposition? 

5. Have you eaten or drunk to excess, or 
caused others to do so? 


24 DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION 


6. Have you rejoiced at the misfortune, or 
been grieved at the success of others? 

7. Have you wasted time in idleness and self- 
mdulgence? Have you neglected the duties of 
your state of life, or performed them remissly? 
Have you desired to commit sin, or gloried in 
sin committed? 


THE FOUR SINS WHICH CRY TO HEAVEN 
FOR VENGEANCE 


1. Wilful murder. 2. The sim of Sodom. 
3. Oppression of the poor. 4. Defrauding the 
laborer of his wages. 


SINS AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST 


1. Presumption of God’s mercy. 2. Despair. 
3. Impugning the known truth. 4. Envy at 
another’s spiritual good. 4. Obstinacy in sin. 
6. Final impenitence. 


NINE WAYS'OF BEING ACCESSORY TO 
ANOTHER’S SIN 


1. By counsel. 2. By command. 3. By 
consent. 4. By provocation. 54. By praise or 
flattery. 6. By concealment. 7. By partaking. 
8. By silence. 9. By defense of the ill done. 


THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY 


1. To admonish sinners. 2. To instruct the 
ignorant. 3. To counsel the doubtful. 4. To 
comfort the sorrowful. 5. To bear wrongs pa- 
tiently. 6. To forgive all mjuries. 7. To pray 
for the living and the dead. 





DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION 25 


THE SEVEN CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY 


1. To feed the hungry. 2. To give drink to 
the thirsty. 3. To clothe the naked. 4. To 
visit and ransom the captives. 4. To harbor the 
harborless. 6. To visit the sick. 7. To bury 
the dead. 


THE EIGHT BEATITUDES 
(Matt. V) 


1. Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs 
is the kingdom of heaven. 

2. Blessed are the meek; for they shall possess 
the land. 

3. Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall 
be comforted. 

4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst 
after justice; for they shall be filled. 

5. Blessed are the merciful; for they shall 
obtain mercy. 

6. Blessed are the clean of heart; tor they 
shall see God. 

7. Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall 
be called the children of God. 

8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for 
justice’ sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 


PRAYERS TO OBTAIN CONTRITION 


After the examination of conscience it is all-important 
to awaken true sorrow for the sins committed. This 
sorrow must always include the resolve to avoid all 
serious sin in the future, and we should aiso determine 
to guard against wilful vental sin. It is well to say an 
act of contrition before entermg the confessional. 


26 DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION 
PRAYER OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS ' 
O Thee, O God, the fount of mercy, I draw 


near, asinner. From my uncleanness, there- 
fore, deign Thou to cleanse me. Enlighten my 
blindness, O sun of justice; bind up my wounds, 
O eternal physician. Thou King of kings, clothe 
my nakedness; lead me back, good shepherd, to 
the fold from which I have strayed; Thou medi- 
ator between God and man, clear away my guilt. 
Have pity, O God, on my misery; grant indul- 
gence to my crimes; restore me life for death, 
virtue for impiety, and to my obduracy apply 
Thy saving grace. O Thou most clement one, 
call me back fleeing from Thee, draw me when 
resisting, raise me when I fall, support me having 
risen, and lead me as I walk. Do not forget me 
when I forget Thee, nor turn Thou away when 
I forsake Thee; despise me not in the midst of 
my sins. By sinning I have offended Thee, my 
God, I have injured my neighbor, I have wounded 
myself. By my very weakness, O my God, have 
I smned against Thee, the Father almighty; out 
of my ignorance, against Thee, the all wise Son; 
through my malice, against Thee, meek Spirit of | 
God. Thus have I offended Thee, most excellent 
Trinity. Alas for my misery! How many and what 
great faults of divers kinds I have committed! 
I have abandoned Thee, O Lord; l have murmured 
against Thy goodness; and when confronted by 
base pleasure, or deterred by misfortune, I have 
preferred rather to lose Thee than to forego the 
things that allure, to offend Thee than to incur 
the things that I fear. O my God, how far I have > 


DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION 27 


gone astray in word and deed! I have sinned in 
secret and in public contumaciously. Hence, 
I beseech Thee that, because of my weakness, 
Thou wilt not regard my iniquity, but Thine own 
*‘mmense goodness, and, bestowing upon me sor- 
‘row for the past and care for the future, wilt 
mercifully forgive what I have done. 


PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN AND 
THE SAINTS 


MOST gracious Virgin Mary, beloved 

Mother of Jesus Christ my Redeemer, inter- 
cede for me with Him. Obtain for me the full 
remission of my sins, and perfect amendment of 
life, unto the salvation of my soul, and the glory 
of His Name. Amen. 

I implore the same grace of thee, O my angel 
guardian; of you, my holy patrons, N. N.; of 
-you, O holy Peter and holy Magdalen, and of 
all the saints of God. Intercede for me a sinner, 
repenting of my sins, and resolving to confess 
‘and amend them. Amen. 


An Act of Contrition 


MY God! I am heartily sorry for having 

offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, 
because I dread the Joss of heaven and the pains 
of hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, 
my God, who art all-good and deserving of all 
my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy 
grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to 
amend my life. 


28 MANNER OF MAKING CONFESSION 


Manner of Making Confession 


Having entered the confessional, place yourself in the 
presence of God, Who sees all things, and then address 
His minister: 

LESS me, Father, for I have sinned. 

I confess to almighty God, and to you, 
Father, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, 
word, deed and omission, through my fault. 

It has been one week, (or, — weeks), since 
my last worthy confession. I accuse myself of 
having committed, during that time, the follow- 
Ing sins: 

Without exaggerating or extenuating the offenses of 
which you may be conscious, tell them, as if to God 
Himself, with a humble, sorrowful and contrite heart. 
Afterwards, it will be well, though it is never obligatory, 
to specify some one sin of the past which is especially 


calculated to dispose the soul to deeper contrition. This 
being briefly done, say: 


For these, and for ali the sins of which I have 
at any time been guilty, I humbly ask pardon 
of God, and absolution of you, Father, if you 
think me worthy. 


Then listen attentively to anything the confessor may 
choose to say; humbly accept the penance he imposes; 
and, when he raises his hand m absolution, recite the act 
of contrition. 


PRAYERS AFTER CONFESSION 


After confession we should return thanks to God for 
His mercies in forgiving our sins, beg that He supply 
whatever has been wanting to us and bless our good 
resolutions, and immediately thereafter say our penance. 


) MANNER OF MAKING CONFESSION 29 
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING 


: RETURN unto Thee, O Lord Jesus, and 

give Thee thanks that Thou hast been 
pleased to cleanse me from the foul leprosy of 
my sins. Blessed be Thy Name, O Lord, for- 
ever and ever. Truly Thou art a Saviour Who 
ejectest none that come unto Thee seriously 
desiring to repent, but receivest them into Thy 
favor, and numberest them with Thy children. 
I acknowledge and adore Thy mercy, and dedi- 
ate myself wholly to Thy service hereafter. 
Assist my weakness, and suffer me not again to 
fall into my past sins and to be separated from 
Thee; but so bind my heart and soul to Thee with 
the cords of Thy love, that I may say with the 


Apostle: ‘Who shall separate me from the love 
of Christ?” 














PRAYER OF PETITION 


Y this, my confession, O Lord, by the 
merits of Blessed Mary ever virgin, Thy 
Mother, and of all the saints, be pleasing and 
acceptable in Thy sight. Let Thy goodness and 
mercy supply for whatever has been wanting in 
y contrition, and in the purity and integrity 
of my confession. Deign Thou mercifully to 
egard me perfectly and entirely absolved in 
veaven: Who livest and reignest God, world 
vithout end. Amen. 


30 MANNER OF MAKING CONFESSION 
PRAYER FOR PERSEVERANCE 


ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, Who, 

according to the multitude of Thy tender 
mercies, hast vouchsafed once more to receive 
Thy prodigal child, after so many times going 
astray from Thee, and to admit me to this Sacra- 
ment of reconciliation; I give Thee thanks with 
all the powers of my soul for this and ah other 
mercies, graces, and blessings bestowed on me; 
and prostrating myself at Thy sacred feet, I offer 
myself to be henceforth forever Thine. Oh! let 
nothing m life or death ever separate me from 
Thee. I renounce with my whole soul all my 
treasons against Thee, and all the abominations 
and sins of my past life. I renew my promises 
made in Baptism, and from this moment I dedi- 
cate myself eternally to Thy love and service. 
Oh! grant that for the time to come I may abhor 
sin more than death itself, and avoid all such 
occasions and companies as have unhappily 
brought me to it. This I resolve to do, by the 
aid of Thy divine grace, without which I can 
do nothing. I beg Thy blessing upon these my 
resolutions, that they may not be meffectual, like 
so many others I have formerly made; for, 
O Lord, without Thee I am nothing but misery 
and sin. Give me grace to be now and always 
a true penitent, through the same Jesus Christ 


Thy Son. Amen. 





MANNER OF MAKING CONFESSION 31 


A PSALM OF PRAISE 
(Psalm CIT) 


LESS the Lord, O my soul: and Iet all that 
is within me bless His holy name. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget 
all He hath done for thee. 

Who forgiveth all thine miquities: Who healeth 
all thy diseases. 

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: Who 
crowneth thee with mercy and compassion. 

Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: so 
that thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle’s. 

The Lord doth righteous acts, and judgment 
for all that suffer wrong. 

He hath made His ways known unto Moses: 
His acts unto the children of Israel. 

The Lord is compassionate and merciful: Iong- 
suffering and plenteous in mercy. 

He will not always be angry: nor will He 
threaten for ever. 

He hath not dealt with us according to our 
sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 

For as heaven is high above the earth: so 
mighty is His mercy towards them that fear 
Him. 

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath 
He removed our transgressions from us. 

As a father hath compassion on his children, 
so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him: for He 
‘knoweth our frame. 


32 MANNER OF MAKING CONFESSION 


He remembereth that we are dust: Man’s 
days are as grass, as the flower of the field so 
shall he flourish. 

For the wind passeth over him, and he is gone; 
and his place shall know him no more. 

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting 
to everlasting upon them that fear Him: and 
His justice unto children’s children, to such as 
keep His covenant, and are mindful of His com- 
mandments to do them. 

The Lord hath prepared His throne in heaven: 
and His kingdom shall rule over all. 

Bless the Lord, all ye angels of His; ye mighty 
in strength, and that do His word, hearkening 
to the voice of His orders. 

Bless the Lord, all ye His hosts: you ministers 
of His that do His will. | 

Bless the Lord, all His works: in every place’ 
of His dominion, Bless thou the Lord, oh my soul. 


The penance given in confession may be said now. 

















DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY 
COMMUNION 


Preparation for Holy Communton 


Holy Communion is the receiving of the body and 
blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ under 
the appearance of bread. We should never approach the 
holy table unless free from grievous sin, and without some 
previous devout preparation. The benefit we derive from 
our Communions is in proportion to our devotion and to 
the preparation we make for them. 


PRAYER OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 
ALMIGHTY and eternal God, behold I 


approach the Sacrament of Thine only- 
begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I come 
as one sick to the physician of life, as one un- 
clean to the source of all mercy, as one blind to 
the light of the eternal sun, as one poor and 


- needy to the Lord of heaven and earth. 


1 beseech Thee, therefore, out of the abundance 
of Thine immense goodness, deign to heal my 
infirmity, cleanse me from my sins, lumine my 


34 PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION 


blindness, enrich my poverty, clothe my naked- 
ness. Grant that I may receive the Bread of 
angels, the King of kings, the Lord of Iords, with 
as much reverence and humility, contrition and 
devotion, purity and faith, with such uprightness 
of purpose and intention, as may be profitable 
to the salvation of my soul. 

Grant me, I beseech Thee, to receive not only 
the Sacrament of the Lord’s body and blood, but 
also the grace and virtue of the Sacrament. 

O most merciful God, grant me so to receive 
the body of Thy only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which He took from Mary ever virgin, that I 
may merit to be incorporated into His mystical 
body, and numbered amongst His members. 
O most loving Father, grant that Thy beloved 
Son, Whom, now hidden beneath the sacramental 
veil, I propose to receive, I may at length con- 
template forever, face to face: Who with Thee 
liveth and reigneth mn the unity of the Holy 
Ghost, God, world without end. Amen. 


PRAYER OF ST. AMBROSE 
GRACIOUS Lord Jesus Christ, I, a sinner, 


nothing presuming on my own deserts, but 
trusting in Thy mercy and goodness, with fear 
and trembling approach to the table of Thy most 
sweet feast. For my heart and body are stained 
with many sins; my thoughts and lips not dili- 
gently guarded. Wherefore, O gracious God, O 
awful Majesty, in my extremity I turn to Thee, 
the fount of mercy; to Thee I hasten to be healed, 


PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION 35 


and take refuge under Thy protection; and Thee, 
before Whom as my Judge I cannot stand, I long 
for as my Saviour. To Thee, O Lord, I show 
my wounds, to Thee I Jay bare my shame. I 
know my sins are many and great, for which I 
am afraid. My trust is in Thy mercies, of which 
there isnoend. Look therefore upon me with the 
eyes of Thy mercy, O Lord Jesus Christ, God and 
man, crucified for man; hearken unto me, whose 
trust is in Thee; have mercy upon me, who am 
full of sin and misery, O Thou fount of mercy, 
that will never cease to flow. Hail, saving Victim, 
offered for me and all mankind on the cross of 
suffering and shame. Hail, noble and precious 
Blood, flowing from the wounds of my crucified 
‘Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and washing 
away the sins of the whole world. Be mindful, 
O Lord, of Thy creature, whom Thou has re- 
deemed with Thine own Blood. I repent that 
I have sinned; I desire to amend what I have 
done. Take therefore away from me, O most 
merciful Father, all my iniquities and sins: that, 
being cleansed both in body and soul, I may 
worthily taste the Holy of holies; and grant 
that this holy feeding on Thy Body and Blood, 
of which, unworthy as I am, I purpose to par- 
take, may be for the remission of my sins, and 
the perfect cleansing of all my offenses, for the 
driving away of all evil thoughts and the re- 
newal of all holy desires, for the healthful bring- 
ing forth of fruit well-pleasing unto Thee, and the 
most sure protection of my soul and body against 
the wiles of all my enemies. Amen. 





36 PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION 
PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 
MOST Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of 


gentleness and mercy, I, a miserable and 


unworthy sinner, fly to thy protection with every — 
sentiment of humility and love; and I implore 
of thy Ioving kindness that thou wouldst vouch-_ 
safe graciously to be near me, and all who through-_ 


out the whole Church are to receive the Body and 
Blood of thy Son this day, even as thou wert 
near thy sweetest Son as He hung bleeding on 
the Cross. Aided by thy gracious help, may we 
worthily approach this august Sacrament. 


PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH 
APPY and blessed art thou, O Joseph, to 


£ whom it was given not only to see and to 
hear that God Whom many kings desired to see, 
and saw not, to hear, and heard not; but also 
to bear Him in thine arms, to embrace Him, to 
clothe Him, and to guard and defend Him. 

V. Pray for us, O blessed Joseph. 

R. That we may be made worthy of the 
promises of Christ. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, that as 

blessed Joseph was found worthy to handle 
with his hands, and bear within his arms, Thine 
only-begotten Son, born of the Yirgin Mary, so 
may we be made fit, by cleanness of heart and 
innocence of works, worthily to receive the most 
sacred Body and Blood of Thy Son, now in this 





PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION 37 


present, and deserve to attain an everlasting re- 
ward in the world to come. Through the same 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


THE FORMING OF ONE’S INTENTION 


OY with peace, amendment of life, space 

for true repentance, the grace and comfort 
of the Holy Ghost, perseverance in good works, 
a contrite and humble heart, and a happy con- 
summation of my life, grant unto me, O almighty 
and merciful Lord. Amen. 


THE SOUL’S LONGING FOR GOD 
(Psalm LX XXIII) 


OW lovely are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of 
hosts! my soul hath pined, yea, even fainted 
for the courts of the Lord. 

My heart and my flesh crieth out for the liv- 
ing God. 

For the sparrow hath found herself a house, 
and the swallow a nest for herself where she hath 
Jaid her young: 

Even Thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King 
and my God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, O 
Lord: they shall praise Thee for ever and ever. 

Blessed are the men whose help is n Thee: in 
whose hearts are the highways, (to Sion), who 
passing through the waterless vale, make it a 
place of springs, yea, like the early rain they 
clothe it with blessings. 


38 AT COMNUNION 


For the Jawgiver shall give blessings, they 
shall go from strength to strength: (everyone of 
them) shall appear before God in Sion. 

© Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give 
ear, O God of Jacob. 

Behold, O God our protector: and look on the 
face of Thy Christ. 

For better is one day in Thy courts above 
thousands. 

I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my 
God, than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners. 

For God lIoveth mercy and truth: the Lord 
will give grace and glory. 

He will not deprive of good things them that 
walk in innocence: 

O Lord of hosts, blessed 1s the man that 
trusteth in Thee. 


AT COMMUNION 


When the communion bell rings, go quietly up to the 
railing with hands devoutly folded, and kneel. As the 
priest turns around to pronounce the words of absolution, 
renew your act of contrition, and bless yourself. As he 
approaches to give you the Blessed Sacrament, moderately 
raise your head, open your mouth, resting the end of your 
tongue on the lower lip. While receiving communion 
reflect on the words which the priest then utters: “May 
the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve your soul 
unto life everlasting. Amen.” After this, return to your 
place, having your eyes cast down and hands again 
reverently folded, 





THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION 39 


Thanksgiving after Holp Communion 


When you have returned to your seat, try to reflect 
on the Sacred Mysteries you have just received, and give 
free expression to your devotion in your own words. 
The following prayers will be found very useful as aids 
to your sentiments of worship, thanksgiving, petition, etc. 


MEDITATION OF SHUR THERESE 


OW sweet it is, the first kiss of Jesus to my 
soul. Yes, it is a kiss of love. I feel I am 
Joved, and I too say: “I love Thee, I give my- 
self to Thee forever!” Jesus asks nothing of me, 
demands no sacrifice. Already for a long time 
past, He and I have watched and understood each 
other. This day our meeting is no longer a 
simple Iook but a fusion. No longer are we two. 
I have disappeared as the drop of water which 
loses itself in the depths of the ocean. Jesus 
alone remains: the Master, the King. 


PRAYER OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 


RENDER thanks to Thee, O Lord, holy 

Father, everlasting God, Who hast vouch- 
safed, not for any merits of mine, but of Thy 
great mercy only, to feed me, a smner, Thine 
unworthy servant, with the precious Body and 
Blood of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ; and 
I pray that this Holy Communion may not be 
for my judgment and condemnation, but for my 
pardon and salvation. Let it be unto me an 
armor of faith and a shield of good purpose, a 
riddance of all vices, and a rooting out of all 
evil desires; an increase of love and patience, 


49 THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION 


of humility and obedience, and of all virtues; a 
firm defense against the wiles of all my enemies, 
visible and invisible; a perfect quieting of all 
my impulses, fleshly and spiritual; a cleaving 
unto Thee, the one true God; and a blessed con- 
summation of my end when Thou dost call. And 
I pray that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring me 
a sinner to that unspeakable feast, where Thou, 
with Thy Son and Thy Holy Spirit, art to Thy 
holy ones true light, fullness ot blessedness, 
everlasting joy, and perfect happiness. Through 
the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER OF ST. BONAVENTURE 
MOST sweet Lord Jesus Christ, transfix 


the affections of my inmost soul with that 
most joyous and healthful wound of Thy love; 
with true, serene, holiest apostolic charity; that 
my soul may ever Janguish and melt with entire 
love and longing for Thee, that it may desire 
Thee, and faint for Thy courts, long to be dis- 
solved and to be with Thee. Grant that my soul 
may hunger after Thee, the Bread of angels, the 
refreshment of holy souls, our daily and super- 
substantial Bread, Who hast all sweetness and 
savor, and the sweetness of every taste. Let my 
heart ever hunger after and feed upon Thee, upon 
Whom the angels desire to look, and my inmost 
soul be filled with the sweetness of Thy savor. 
May it ever thirst for Thee, the fountain of life, 
the source of wisdom and knowledge, the foun- 
tain of eternal light, the torrent of pleasure, the 
richness of the house of God. May it ever yearn 


THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION 41 


for Thee, seek Thee, find Thee, stretch towards 
Thee, attain to Thee, meditate upon Thee, speak 
of Thee, and do all things to the praise and glory 
of Thy holy name, with humility and discretion, 
with love and delight, with readiness and affec- 
tion, with perseverance even unto the end. And 
be Thou ever my hope and my whole confidence; 
my riches; my delight, my pleasure, and my 
joy; my rest and tranquillity; my peace, my 
sweetness, and my fragrance; my sweet savor, 
my food and refreshment; my refuge and my 
help; my wisdom; my portion, my possession, 
-and my treasure, in Whom my mind and my heart 
-may ever remain fixed and firm, and rooted im- 
movably, henceforth and forevermore. Amen. 





PRAYER TO OUR LORD 
BESEECH Thee, O most meek and loving 


Jesus, that this immortal Host may return 
Thee thanks on my behalf, may reconcile and 
restore me to Thee. May it procure pardon for 
“me, a sinner, and Jead me to everlasting life. 
Amen. 

How sweet and lovely is this Bread of heaven 
which Thou hast given us! How wonderful is 
the rest, how full the peace which they experience 
who receive Thee after a sincere and sorrowful 
confession of their sins! For this, O my Jesus, 
be Thou praised a thousand times! In the matter 
of sin I have been most unfortunate; but now 
not only do I enjoy true comfort of soul, but I 
also believe that I have had a foretaste of the 
peace of heaven. How true it is, O Lord, that 


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42 THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION 


our soul was made for Thee, and can enjoy true 
peace only when it rests in Thee! From the 
bottom of my: heart, therefore, do I thank Thee 
and I firmly resolve ever to fly sin and its oc- 
casions and to take up my lasting dwelling in 
Thy divine Heart, from which I hope the grace 
and help to love Thee until death. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, when said after Holy Communion. 
Leo XIII. « June 3, 1896.) 


ANIMA CHRISTI 


OUL of Christ, be my sanctification; 

Body of Christ, be my salvation; 
Blood of Christ, fill all my veins; 
Water from Christ’s side, wash out my stains; 
Passion of Christ, my comfort be, 
O good Jesus, listen to me. 
In Thy wounds I fain would hide, 
Ne’er to be parted from Thy side. 
Guard me when the foe assails me; 
Guide me when my feet shall fail me; 
Bid me come to Thee above, 
With Thy saints to sing Thy love, forever and 

ever. Amen. 


PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 


MOST Holy, O most benign, O noble and 

glorious Virgin Mary, who wast worthy to 
bear in thy sacred womb the Creator of all, and 
at thy virginal breast to nourish Him Whose true, 
real, and most holy Body and Blood J, an un- 
worthy sinner, have just now dared to receive: 
vouchsafe, I humbly beseech thee, to intercede 





THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION 43 


with Him for me a sinner; that whatsoever, by 
ignorance or neglect, by accident or irreverence, 
I have left undone, or have done amiss, in this 
unspeakably holy Sacrament, may be pardoned 
through thy prayers to the same our Lord Jesus 
Christ, thy Son, Who with the Father and the 
Holy Ghost livest and reignest forever and 
ever. Amen. 


PRAYER BEFORE A CRUCIFIX 
To be Said after Communion 


OOK down upon me, 

good and gentle Jesus, 
while before Thy face I 
humbly kneel, and with 
burning soul pray and be- 
seech Thee to fix deep in my 
heart lively sentiments of 
faith, hope and charity, true 
contrition for my sins, and 
a firm purpose of amend- 
ment. Meanwhile, I  con- 
template with great love and 
tender mercy Thy five most precious wounds, 
pondering over them within me, and calling to 
mind the words which David in prophecy made 
Thee say concerning Thyself, my Jesus: ‘They 
have pierced My hands and feet; they have 
numbered all My bones.” 











(Plen. Ind. Conditions: Conf., Comm., Prayers for 
intention of Holy Father.— Pius IX. July 31, 1858.) 


44 THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION 


(Psalm XCV) 


ING unto the Lord a new canticle; sing 
unto the Lord, all the earth. 

Sing ye to the Lord and bless His Name: Pro- 
claim the tidings of His salvation from day to day. 

Declare His glory among the Gentiles: His 
marvelous works among all peoples. 

For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be 
praised: He is to be feared above all gods. 

For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but 
the Lord made the heavens. 

Honor and majesty are before Him: holiness 
and beauty are in His sanctuary. 

Give ye to the Lord, O ye families of the 
peoples, give ye to the Lord glory and honor: 
Give to the Lord the glory of His Name. 

Bring up sacrifices, and come into His courts. 

Adore ye the Lord in His holy array. 

Let all the earth be moved at His presence. 

Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath 
reigned, 

Yea, the world hath He ordered that it shall 
not be moved: 

He will judge the peoples with justice. 

Let the heavens rejoice, and Iet the earth re- 
joice, let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 

The fields and all things that are in them shall 
be joyful. 

Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice. 

Before the face of the Lord, for He cometh: 
for He cometh to judge the earth. 

He shall judge the world with justice, and the 
people with His truth. 





DEVOTIONS FOR MASS 
The Ordinary of the Mass 


The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the unbloody sacrifice 
of the Body and Blood of Christ. It is substantially the 
same as the bloody sacrifice of the cross, and was instituted 
by our Lord at the Last Supper on the first Holy Thurs- 
day evening, just as He was entering upon His Passion. 
Then it was that He changed bread and wine into His 
most holy Body and Blood, and offered them in sacrifice, 
giving at the same time to His apostles and their successors 
the power and the command to continue this sacred action 
in memory of Him to the end of time. 

The Mass is, therefore, a daily renewal of the Passiou 
of Christ and an application to our souls of the fruits 
thereof. It is offered for four specific ends: (1) as a 
supreme act of adoration of the Divine Majesty; (2) as 
a most acceptable act of thanksgiving; (3) as a most 
potent satisfaction for appeasing God’s offended justice; 
(4) as a most powerful means of obtaining all blessings 
for soul and body. 


46 THE ASPERGES 


The Asperges 


The Asperges, or sprinkling with holy water, is per- 
formed every Sunday, immediately before High Mass, 
except when the Bishop celebrates pontifically. 

The priest who is about to celebrate High Mass, first 
blesses the holy water and then enters the sanctuary vested 
in his alb and stole (and sometimes in a cope also), accom- 
panied by an acolyte bearing the vessel of holy water (at 
Solemn Mass he is accompanied also by the deacon and 
subdeacon). Arriving at the foot of the altar, the priest, 
while intoning the following antiphon, sprinkles the altar 
three times; then himself, and afterwards his assistants. 
Then going down into the church, he sprinkles the con- 
gregation. 


NTIPHON.  As- NTIPHON. Thou 


perges me, Domine, 
hyssopo, et mundabor: 
lavabis me, et super 
nivem dealbabor. 


Psalm 50, 3. Mise- 
rere mei, Deus, secun- 
dum magnam_ miseri- 
cordiam tuam. 


Versicle. Gloria Pa- 
tri, etc. 

Ant. Asperges me, 
etc. 


shalt sprinkle me, 

O Lord, with hyssop, 
and I shall be cleansed: 
Thou shalt wash me, 
and I shall be made 
whiter than snow. 

Psalm 50, 3. Have 
mercy on me, O God, 
according to Thy great 
mercy. 

Versicle. Glory be to 
the Father, etc. 

Ant. Thou 


sprinkle me, etc. 


shalt 


The priest, being returned to the foot of tke altar, says the 


following versicles and prayer: 


THE ASPERGES 47 


STENDE 
Domine, 
cordiam tuam. 
R. Et salutare tuum 
da nobis. 
V. Domine, exaudi 
orationem meam. 
R. Et clamor meus 
ad te veniat. 


nobis, 
miseri- 


HOW us Thy 
mercy, O Lord. 


R. And grant us Thy 
salvation. 

V. O Lord, hear my 
prayer. 

R. And let my cry 
come unto Thee. 


V. Dominus  vobis- V. The Lord be with 
cum. you. 
R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. spirit. 
Let us Pray 


XAUDI nos, Do- 
mine sancte, Pater 
omnipotens, «terne 
Deus; et mittere dig- 
neris sanctum Angelum 
tuum de cezlis, qui cus- 
todiat, foveat, protegat, 
visitet, atque defendat 
omnes habitantes in hoc 
habitaculo. Per Chris- 
tum Dominum nos- 
trum. Amen. 


EAR us, O holy 

Lord, Father al- 
mighty, everlasting 
God; and vouchsafe to 
send Thy holy angel 
from heaven, to guard, 
cherish, protect, visit, 
and defend all those 
that are assembled to- 
gether in this house. 
Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


From Easter to Pentecost inclusively, instead of the 
foregoing antiphon the following is sung, and Alleluia 
is added to the versicle, (Ostende nobis), and also to Its 


response (Et salutare). 


48 THE VIDI AQUAM 


The Visi Aquam 


NTIPHON. Vidi 

aquam_ egredien- 
tem de templo a Jatere 
dextro, Alleluia; et 
omnes ad quos perve- 
nit aqua ista salvi facti 
sunt, et dicent, Alle- 
Juia, alleluia. 

Psalm _ 117, 1, Con 
fitemint Domino, quo- 
niam bonus: quoniam 
in seculum misericordia 
ejus. Gloria Patri, etc. 


NTIPHON. I saw 
water flowing 
from the right side of 
the temple, Alleluia; 


and all unto whom that _ 


water came were saved, 
and they shall say, Alle- 
luia, alleluta. 

Ps GlIM etl 7,8 3uee 
praise the Lord, for He 
is good; for His mercy 
endureth forever. Glory 
be to the Father, etc. 


The Antipbon Vidi aquam is repeated. 


EDITORS’ NOTE 


Tue Ordinary of the Mass as given, appears in double 


column, with a printed line between. 


As a guide for 


the reader, this line varies so as to follow correctly the 
Celebrant at low mass, and also when Communion is 


being distributed, as follows: 


Prayers said at Low Mass are marked: | 


Prayers said only at Solemn Mass: | 


Prayers said while giving Communion: || 


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The First Part of the Mass, or the Mass 
of the Catechumens 


The term “catechumens” designates those who have 
been receiving religious instruction, but have not yet 
been admitted to Baptism. In the early days of the 
Church these candidates were allowed to be present only 
for the first part of the Mass, being dismissed just before 
the Offertory. This preparatory part of the Mass con- 
sists: (1) of the prayers, and confession of sins, made at 
the foot of the altar; (2) of the prayers which the priest 
says on going to the book, namely, the Introit or entrance 
hymn, Kyrie, and Gloria; (3) of the Collect, or prayer, 
expressing the central thought of the feast; and (4) of 
the lessons of instruction chosen from the Epistles and 
Gospels. The Mass of the Catechumens terminates with 
the Nicene Creed, which is said on Sundays and greater 
feasts. 

The purpose of the Mass of the Catechumens is three- 
fold: (1) to praise God; (2) to pray for the various needs 
of the Church; (3) to mstruct the faithful. 


1. PREPARATORY PRAYERS AT THE FOOT 
OF THE ALTAR 


N nomine Patris, N the name of the 

+ et) Fill, et Father, 4 and of 

Spiritus sancti. Amen. | the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost.Amen. 


40 MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS 


Antipbon. Introtbo 

ad altare Det. 
Response. Ad Deum 

qui letificat juventu- 


tem meam. 


Antipbon. I will go 
unto the altar of God. 

Response. To God 
Who giveth joy to my 
youth, 


PSALM XLII 


To be omitted in Passion-tide and in Masses for the 


Dead. 
UDICA me, Deus, 


et discerne cau- 
sam meam de gente non 
sancta: ab homme ini- 
quo, et doloso erue me. 


Ministers. Quia tu es 
Deus fortitudo mea: 
quare me repulisti, et 
quare tristis incedo, 
dum affligit me inimI- 
cus? 

Priest. Emitte lu- 
cem tuam, et veritatem 
tuam: Ipsa me deduxe- 
runt, et adduxerunt in 
montem sanctum tuum, 
et in tabernacula tua. 

M. Et introibo ad 
altare Dei: ad Deum 
qui letificat juventu- 
tem meam. 


UDGE me, O Lord, 
and —_ distinguish 
my cause from the na- 
tion not holy: deliver 
me from the unjust and 
deceitful man. 
Ministers. For Thou, 
O God, art my strength: 
why hast Thou cast me 
off? and why do I go 
sorrowful whilst the 
enemy afflicteth me? 
Priest. Send forth 
Thy light and truth: 
they have conducted me 
and brought me unto 
Thy holy mount and 
into Thy tabernacles. 
M. And I will go un- 
to the altar of God: to 
God, Who giveth joy 
to my youth. 








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P. Confitebor tibi m 
cithara, Deus, Deus 
meus; quare tristis es, 
anima mea, et quare 
conturbas me? 


M. Spera in Deo, 
quoniam adhuc con- 
fitebor illi:  salutare 
vultus mei, et Deus 
meus. 

P. Gloria Patri, et 
Filio et Spiritur Sancto. 


M. Sicut erat in prin- 
cipio, et nunc, et sem- 
per, et in secula secu- 
lorum. Amen. 

Ant. Introibo ad al- 
tare Dei. 


R. Ad Deum, qui 
letificat juventutem 
meam. 


V. Adjutorium nos- 
trum in nomine Domini. 

R. Qui fecit calum 
et terram. 


51 


P. To Thee, O God, 
my God, I will give 
praise upon the harp: 
why art thou sad, my 
soul, and why dost thou 
disquiet me? 

M. Hope in God, for 
I will still give praise to 
Him: the salvation of 
my countenance and 
my God, 

P. Glory be to the 
Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

M. As it was in the 
beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 

Ant. I will go in un- 
to the altar of God. 

R. To God, Who 
giveth joy to my youth. 


V. Our help is in the 
name of the Lord. 
R. Who hath made 


heaven and earth. 


Humbly bowing down, the priest continues: 


ONFITEOR Deo 
omnipotent, 
beatzee Marie semper 
Virgini, beato Michaeli 


| CONFESS to al- 
ls mighty God, to 
blessed Mary ever Vir- 
gin, to blessed Michael 


52 MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS 


Archangelo, beato Jo- 
anni Baptiste, sanctis 
Apostolis Petro et 
Paulo, omnibus Sanctis, 
et vobis, fratres, quia 
peccavi nimis cogita- 
tione, verbo, et opere, 
mea culpa, mea culpa, 
mea maxima culpa. 
Ideo precor beatam Ma- 
riam semper Virginem, 
beatum Michaelem 
Archangelum, beatum 
Joannem  Baptistam, 
sanctos Apostolos Pe- 
trum et Paulum, om- 
nes Sanctos, et vos, 
fratres, orare pro me 
ad Dominum Deum 
nostrum. 


M. Misereatur tui 
omnipotens Deus, et 
dimissis peccatis tuis, 
perducat te ad vitam 
eternam. 


P. Amen. 


the Archangel, toblessed 
John the Baptist, to the 
holy Apostles Peter and 
Paul, and to all the 
Saints, and to you, 
brethren, that I have 
sinned exceedingly in 
thought, word, and 
deed, through my fault, 
through my fault, 
through my most griev- 
ous fault. Therefore I 
beseech blessed Mary 
ever Virgin, blessed 
Michael the Archangel, 
blessed John the Bap- 
tist, the holy Apostles 
Peter and Paul, and all 
the Saints, and you, 
brethren, to pray to 
the Lord our God for 
me. 

M. May almighty 
God have mercy upon 
thee, and forgive thee 
thy sins, and bring thee 
unto life everlasting. 


P. Amen. 


The ministers then recite the Con/fiteor. 


ISEREATUR 
vestri omnipotens 
Deus, et dimissis pecca- 


AY almighty God 
have mercy upon 
you, and forgive you 


MASS OF THE 


tis vestris, perducat vos 
ad vitam eternam. 


M. Amen. 


NDULGENTIAM 
44 absolutionem, 
et remissionem pecca- 
torum nostrorum  tri- 
buat nobis omnipotens 
et misericors Dominus. 


M. Amen. 


CATECHUMENS 53 


your sins, and bring you 
unto life everlasting. 


M. Amen. 


Y the almighty 

and merciful Lord 
grant us pardon, 4 ab- 
solution, and remission 
of our sins. 


M. Amen. 


Again bowing, the priest continues: 


V. Deus, tu conver- 
sus vivificabts nos. 


R. Et plebs tua leta- 
bitur im te. 

V. Ostende nobis, 
Domine, misericordiam 
tuam. 

R. Et salutare tuum 
da nobis. 

V. Domme,  exaudi 
orationem meam. 

R. Et clamor meus 
ad te veniat. 


V. Dominus — vobis- 
cum. 

R. Et cum spiritu 
tuo. 

Oremus. 


V. Thou shalt turn 
again, O God, and 
quicken us. 

R. And Thy people 
shall rejoice in Thee. 

V. Show us Thy 
mercy, O Lord. 


R, And grant.us 
Thy salvation. 

V. O Lord, hear my 
prayer. 

R. And let my cry 
come unto Thee. 

V. The Lord be with 
you. 

R. And with 
spirit. 

Let us pray. 


thy 


54 MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS 


Going up to the altar, the priest says inaudibly: 


UFER a= nobis, 

quesumus, Do- 
mine, Iniquitates nos- 
tras: ut ad Sancta 
sanctorum puris merea- 
mur mentibus introire. 
Per Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. Amen. 


AKE away from us 
our iniquities, we 
beseech Thee, O Lord: 
that we may be worthy 
to enter with pure minds 
into the Holy of holies. 
Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


Bowing down over the altar, the priest kisses it, saying: 


RAMUS te, Do- 

mine, per merita 
Sanctorum tuorum 
quorum reliquie hic 
sunt, et omnium Sanc- 
torum, ut indulgere dig- 
neris omnia peccata 
mea. Amen. 


E beseech Thee, 

O Lord, by the 
merits of Thy saints 
whose relics are here, 
and of all the saints, 
that Thou  wouldst 
vouchsafe to forgive me 
all my sins. Amen. 


At Solemn Mass incense is blessed 


B illo benedicaris 
in cuius’ honore 
cremaberis. Amen. 


E thou blessed by 

Him in_ whose 
honor thou shalt burn. 
Amen. 


2. FROM THE INTROIT TO THE COLLECT 


At Solemn Mass the altar is incensed before the Introit 


and Kyrie. 


The use of incense is intended to symbolize 
prayer, according to the words of the Psalmist: 


Let 


my prayer, O Lord, be directed as incense in Thy sight” 


The Introit 


_ The Introit and other variable parts of the Mass here 
given are taken from the Mass of Trinity Sunday. 


(PSiiexiee2)s 


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LESSED be the Holy Trinity and Undivided 


Unity: we will give praise to Him, because 
He hath shown His mercy unto us. 


O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is Thy Name 


in the whole earth! 


Glory be to the Father, etc. 
The Kyrie 


YRIE eleison, 
Ministers. Kyrie 
eleison, 
P. Kyrie eleison, 
M. Christe eleison, 
P. Christe eleison, 
M. Christe eleison, 


P. Kyrie eleison, 
M. Kyrie eleison, 


P, Kyrie eleison. 


ORD, have mercy, 
Ministers. Lord, 
have mercy. 


Polvord, hia ve 

mercy. 

M. Christ, have 
mercy. 

BP Christ...bave 
mercy, 

M. Christ, have 
mercy, 

P. Lord, have mercy, 

Vise ls Og c ae Daa ae 
mercy, 


P. Lord, have mercy. 


The Gloria 


Afterwards, at the middle of the altar, the priest says 
the Gloria in excelsis, the magnificent hymn of adoration. 
The Gloria is omitted on Sundays during Lent and Advent. 


LORIA in excelsis 
Deo; et im terra 
pax homimibus bone 
voluntatis. Laudamus 
te; benedicimus te; ado- 
ramus te; glorificamus 


LORY be to God 
on high, and on 
earth peace to men of 
good will. We praise 
Thee; we bless Thee; we 
worship Thee; we glorify 


56 MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS 


te. Gratias agimus tibi 
propter magnam_ glo- 
riam tuam. Domine 
Deus, Rex  ccelestis, 
Deus pater omnipotens. 
Domine Fili unigenite, 
Jesu Christe: Domine 
Deus, Agnus Dei, Filtus 
Patris, qui tollis pec- 
cata mundi, miserere 
nobis: qui tollis peccata 
mundi, suscipe depre- 
cationem nostram: qul 
sedes ad dexteram Pa- 
tris, miserere nobis. 
Quoniam tu solus sanc- 
tus: tu solus Dominus: 
tu solus__altissimus, 
Jesu Christe, cum Sanc- 
to Spiritu, in gloria Dei 
Patris. Amen. 


Thee. We give Thee 
thanks for Thy great 
glory, O Lord God, 
heavenly King, God the 
Father almighty. O 
Lord, the only-begotten 
Son, Jesus Christ; QO 
Lord God, Lamb of God, 
Son of the Father, Who 
takest away the sins of 
the world, have mercy 
onus: Thou Who 
takest away the sins 
of the world, receive 
our prayer: Thou Who 
sittest at the right hand 
of the Father, have 
mercy onus. For Thou 
only art holy: Thou 
only art the Lord: Thou 
only, O Jesus Christ, 
with the Holy Ghost, 
art most high in the 
glory of God the 
Father. Amen. 


3. THE COLLECT 


The priest kisses the altar, and, turning to the people, says: 


V. Dominus vobis- | 
cum. 

R. Et cum = spiritu 
tuo. 

Oremus. 


V. The Lord be with 
you. 

R. And 
spirit. 

Let us pray. 


with thy 


MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS 57 
The Collect 
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who 


hast granted Thy servants in the confession 
of the true faith, to acknowledge the glory of 
-an Eternal Trinity, and im the power of majesty 
to adore a Unity; we beseech Thee, that by the 
strength of this faith we may be defended from 
all adversity. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord 
Amen. 


4. FROM THE EPISTLE TO THE CREED 
Refer to last pages for the Epistle of the day. 
Lesson from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans (XI). 


THE depth of the riches of the wisdom and 

of the knowledge of God! How mcompre- 
hensible are His judgments, and how unsearchable 
His ways! For who has known the mind of the 
Lord? Or who has been His counsellor? Or who 
has first given to Him, and recompense shall be 
made him? For of Him, and by Him, and m 
Him are all things. To him be glory forever. 
Amen. 


R. Deo gratias. R. Thanks be to 
God. 


The Gradual 


LESSED art Thou, O Lord, Who beholdest 

the deep, and sitteth on the cherubim. 
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, m the firmament of 
heaven, and worthy of praise forever. 


Alleluia! Alleluia! 


58 MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS 
Before the Gospel 


UNDA cor meum 

ac labia mea, om- 
nipotens Deus, qui 
labia Isai prophet 
calculo mundasti igni- 
to: Ita me tua grata 
miseratione dignare 
mundare, ut sanctum 
Evangelium tuum dig- 
ne valeam  nuntiare. 
Per Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. 

Amen. 

Jube Domine bene- 
dicere. 

Dominus sit in corde 
meo et in labiis meis, 
ut digne et competen- 
ter annuntiem Evange- 
Itum suum. 

Amen. 


LEANSE my heart 
and my lips, O 
almighty God, Who 
didst. cleanse the lips of 
the prophet Isaias with 
a burning coal; and 
vouchsafe, through Thy 
gracious mercy, so to 
purify me, that I may 
worthily proclaim Thy 
holy Gospel. Through 
Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 
Lord, 
blessing. 
The Lord be m my 
heart and on my Iips, 
that I may worthily 
and fittingly proclaim 


Thy 


grant 


‘ His holy Gospel 


Amen. 


At Solemn Mass the deacon before singing the Gospel is 


blessed by the priest. 


panied by a procession, lights and incense. 


The singing of the Gospel is accom- 


In other Masses 


the celebrant, going to the Gospel side, reads the Gospel. 


The Gospel 


OMINUS 

cum. 
R. Et cum. spiritu 
tuo. 


vobis- 


HE Lord be with 
you. 
R. And with thy 


spirit. 


MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS 59 


V. Sequentia sancti V. The continua- 
Evangelit secundum | tion of the Gospel ac- 
Mattheum (xxviii) 18- | cording to St. Matthew 





20. (xxvill) 18-20. 
~R. Gloria tibi, Do- R. Glory be to Thee, 
mine. O Lord. 


Here is read 


The Gospel 


Refer to last pages for the Gospel of the day. 
The following may be read for the Gospel. 


(Matt. XXVIII, 18-20) 


| T that time, Jesus said to His disciples: All 
| power is given to Me in heaven and on 
earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, 
baptizmg them in the name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching 
them to observe all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you: and behold, I am with you all 
days, even to the consummation of the world. 


R. Laus tibi, Christe! R. Praise be to Thee, 
O Christ. 


The priest kisses the Gospel, saying: 


Per evangelica dicta By the words of the 
deleantur nostra delicta. | Gospel may our sins be 
blotted out. 


In Solemn Mass the celebrant is incensed by the deacon 
after the Gospel. Here also the sermon is usually preached. 


60 


MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS 


5. THE NICENE CREED 


The Creed, or profession of faith, was formulated by 
the Councils of Nicea and Constantinople in the fourth 
century. The priest recites it at the middle of the altar. 
At the INCARNATUs EsT both priest and people genuflect 
in honor of the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son 


of God. 
REDO in unum 
Deum, Patrem 
omnipotentem, Facto- 


rem cceli et terre, visi- 
biltum omnium et in- 
visibilium. Eteguin 
unum Dominum Jesum 
Christum, Filtum Der 
unigenitum, et ex Patre 
natum ante omnia se- 
cula. Deum de Deo; 
Lumen de _  Lumine; 
Deum verum de Deo 
vero; genitum, non fac- 
tum; consubstantialem 
Patri, per quem omnia 
facta sunt. Qui propter 
nos homines, et propter 
nostram salutem, de- 
scendit de ccelis [Here 
all kneel.} et incar- 
natus est de Spiritu 
Sancto, ex Maria Vir- 
gine: ET HOMO FACTUS 
EsT. Crucifixus etiam 
pro nobis: sub Pontio 


BELIEVE in one 


God, the Father 
almighty, Maker 
heaven and earth, and 
of all things visible and 
invisible. 


only-begotten Son of 
God, born of the Father 


before all ages. God of | 
God; Light of Light; | 


very God of very 


God; begotten, not) 


made; of one substance 
with the Father, by 


Whom all things were | 


made. Who for’ us 
men, and for our salva- 
tion, came down from 
heaven, [Here all kneel.] 
and was incarnate by 
the Holy Ghost of the 
Virgin Mary; AND WAS 
MADE MAN. He was 
crucified also for us, 
suffered under Pontius 


of 


And in one 


Lord Jesus Christ, the | 








MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS 61 


Pilato passus et sepul- 
tus est. Et resurrexit 
tertia die secundum 
Scripturas; et ascendit 
in coelum, sedet ad dex- 
teram Patris: et ite- 
rum venturus est cum 
gloria judicare vivos et 
mortuos: cujus regni 
non erit finis. 


Et in Spiritum Sanc- 
tum, Dominum et vivI- 
Ieantem, qui ex Patre 
Filioque procedit: qui 
2um Patre et Filio simul 
adoratur et conglorifica- 
cur; qui locutus est per 
orophetas. Et unam 
sanctam catholicam 
*t apostolicam Eccle- 
siam. Confiteor unum 
yaptisma in remissio- 
rem peccatorum. Et 
*xpectc resurrectionem 
nortuorum, et vitam 
venturi seculi, Amen. 


Pilate, and was buried. 
The third day He rose 
again according to the 
Scriptures; and as- 
cended into heaven, 
and sitteth at the right 
hand of the Father: 
and He shall come 
again with glory to 
judge both the living 
and the dead: of Whose 
kingdom there shall be 
no end. 

And I believe in the 
Holy Ghost, the Lord 
and Giver of life, Who 
proceedeth from the 
Father and the Son: 
Who together with the 
Father and the Son is 
worshiped and _ glori- 


fied; Who spoke by the 


Prophets. And, one, 
holy, catholic and 
apostolic Church. | 


confess one baptism for 
the remission of sins. 
And I look for the res- 
urrection of the dead, 
and the life of the world 
to come. Amen. 





The Second Part of the Mass, or the 
Mass of the Faithful 


This is the essential part of the Mass, containing the 
Sacrifice and the Eucharistic Banquet. It is called “The 
Mass of the Faithful’? because in the early centuries 
none but the baptized were allowed to assist at it. It is 
divided into various parts. These parts are: (1) the 
Offertory; (2) the Preface; (3) the Canon; (4) the 
Pater Noster; (5) from the Agnus Dei to the Dismissal 
or Ite Missa est; (6) the Conclusion. 


1. THE OFFERTORY 


The Offertory is'the fivst act of the Sacrifice, in which 
the priest offers to God the bread and wine which are 
later to be consecrated into the Body and Blood of Christ. 
At this point it was customary in ancient times for the 
faithful to present the bread and wine for the Sacrifice, 
together with other gifts for religious and charitable 
purposes; hence the name “offertory.” In later ages 
the present offertory collection was made to take the place 
of the former practice. 


Turning to the people, the priest salutes them: | 


V. Dominus  vobis- V. The Lord be with} 


cum. you. | 
R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy) 
tuo. spirit. | 





MASS OF THE FAITHFUL 63 
The Offertory Prayer 


LESSED be God the Father, and the only- 
begotten Son of God, as likewise the Holy 
Ghost; for He has shown mercy to us. 


At the offering of the bread 


USCIPE, CCEPT, O holy 
Pater, Father, Almighty, 


sancte 
omnipo- 


tens, eterne Deus, hanc 
immaculatam hostiam, 
quam ego indignus fa- 
mulus tuus offero tibi 
Deo meo vivo et vero, 
innumerabilibus 





pro 
peccatis, et offensio- 
nibus, et negligentiis 


meis, et pro omnibus 
circumstantibus; sed et 
pro omnibus fidelibus 
christianis, vivis atque 
defunctis; ut mihi et 
illis proficiat ad salutem 
in vitam eternam. 

~ Amen. 


Everlasting God, this 
stainless host, which I, 
Thine unworthy serv- 
ant, offer unto Thee, 
my God, living and 
true, for mine Innumer- 
able sins, offenses, and 
negligences, and for all 
here present; as also 
for all faithful Chris- 
tians, both living and 
dead, that it may be 
profitable for my own 
and for their salvation 
unto life eternal. 
Amen. 


At taking wine and water 


7 EUS, qui humane 
: substantie digni- 
tatem mirabiliter condi- 
disti, et murabilius re- 
formasti: da nobis per 
hujus aque et vini mys- 


GOD, Who hast 
wonderfully 
framed man’s - exalted 
nature, and still more 
wonderfully restored 
it: grant us, by the 


64 MASS OF THE FAITHFUL 


terium, ejus divinitatis 
esse consortes, qui hu- 
manitatis nostre fieri 
dignatus est particeps, 
Jesus Christus, Filius 
tuus, Dominus noster; 
qui tecum vivit et reg- 
nat in unitate Spiritus 
Sancti Deus, per omnia 
seecula szeculorum. 


mystic signification of 
this commingling of 
water and wine, to be- 
come partakers of His 
Godhead Who vouch- 
safed to become 
partaker of our man- 
hood, Jesus Christ, Thy 
Son, our Lord; Who 
liveth and reigneth 
with Thee in the unity 
of the Holy Ghost, for 


ever and ever. Amen. 


At the offering of the wine 


Amen. 
FFERIMUS | tibi, 
Domine, calicem 


salutaris, tuam depre- 
cantes clementiam, ut 
In conspectu. divine 
Majestatis tug, pro 
nostra et totius mundi 
salute cum odore sua- 
vitatis ascendat. 


Amen. 


E offer unto Thee, 

O Lord, the chal- 
ice of salvation, be- 
seeching Thy clemency 
that, in the sight of Thy 
divine Majesty, It may 
ascend with the odor of 
sweetness, for our sal- | 
vation, and for that of 
the whole world. | 

Amen. 


Invocations 


N_ spiritu) humili- 
tatis, et In animo 
contrito, suscipiamur a 
te, Domine, et sic fiat 


N a humble spirit 
and a_ contrite 
heart may webereceived 
by Thee, O Lord; and 





MASS OF THE FAITHFUL 65 


sacrificlum nostrum in 
conspectu tuo hodie, 
ut placeat tibi, Domine 
Deus. 


ENI, sanctificator, 
| omnipotens, #ter- 
ne Deus et_ benedic 
hoc. sacrificlum, tuo 
‘sancto nomini prepa- 
ratum. 


ER intercessionem 
beatr Michaelis 
Archangeli, stantis a 
dextris altaris incensi, 
et omnium electorum 
suorum, incensum istud 
dignetur Dominus 
benedicere, et in odorem 
suavitatis accipere. Per 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. Amen. 


Incensing of the 
NCENSUM istuda 


te benedictum as- 
cendat ad te, Domine, 
et descendat super nos 
misericordia tua. 


Iet our Sacrifice be so 
made in Thy sight this 
day that it may please 
Thee, O Lord God. 


OME, O Sanctifier, 
Almighty, Eternal 
God, and bless this Sac- 
rifice set forth to Thy 
holy name. 


The blessing of the incense at Solemn Mass 


Y the imtercession 

of blessed Michael 
the Archangel, stand- 
ing at the right hand of 
the Altar of Incense, 
and of all His elect, 
may the Lord vouch- 
safe to bless this incense, 
and receive it as an 
odor of sweetness. 


Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 
offerings and altar 

Y this incense 


which Thou hast 
blessed, O Lord, ascend 
to Thee, and may Thy 
mercy descend upon us. 


66 MASS OF THE FAITHFUL 


Then the priest incenses the altar, saying: 


IRIGATUR,  Do- 
mine, oratio mea 
sicut incensum in con- 
spectu. tuo:  elevatio 
manuum mearum sacri- 
fictum vespertinum. 

Pone, Domine, custo- 
diam ori meo, et ostium 
circumstantie labiis 
meis. 

Ut non declinet cor 
meum in verba malitiz, 
ad excusandas excusa- 
tiones in peccatis. 


ET my prayer, O 

Lord, be directed 
as incense in Thy sight: 
and the lifting up of 
my hands as the eve- 
ning sacrifice. 

Set a watch, O Lord, 
before my mouth, and 
a door round about 
my lips. 

That my heart may 
not incline to evil words, 
to make excuses In sins, 


Giving the censer to the deacon, the priest says: 


CCENDAT in no- 

bis Dominus _ig- 
nem sui amoris, et 
flammam stern cari- 
tatis. Amen. 


AY the Lord en- 

kindle in us the 
fire of His love, and the 
flame of everlasting 
charity. Amen. 


Here at Solemn Mass the Celebrant is incensed by the 
deacon, who next incenses the clergy present in choir 
and the other ministers at the altar. 


At the washing of the fingers 
Psalm XX V 


AVABO inter inno- 
centes manus 
meas: et circumdabo 
altare tuum, Domine. 


WILL wash my 
hands among the 
innocent: and I will 
compass Thine altar, 


O Lord. 





MASS OF THE FAITHFUL 67 


Ut audiam vocem 
Jaudis: et enarrem uni- 
versa mirabilia tua. 


Domine, dilexi de- 
corem domus tux, et 
Iocum habitationis glo- 
riz tue. 


Ne perdascum impiis, 
Deus, animam meam; 
et cum viris sanguinum 
vitam meam. 

In quorum manibus 
Iniquitates sunt: dex- 
tera eorum repleta est 
muneribus. 

Ego autem in inno- 
centia mea _ ingressus 
sum: redime me et 
miserere mei. 

Pes meus stetit in di- 
recto: in ecclesiis bene- 
dicam te, Domine. 


Gloria Patri, et Filio, 
et Spiritui Sancto. 


Sicut erat in prin- 
cipio, et nunc, et sem- 
per, et in secula secu- 
Jorum. Amen. 


That I may hear the 
voice of praise, and tell 
of all Thy wondrous 
works. 

O Lord, I have loved 
the beauty of Thy 
house, and the place 
where Thy _ glory 
dwelleth. 

Take not away my 
soul, O God, with the 
wicked, nor my_ life 
with men of blood. 

In whose hands are 
iniquities: their right 
hand is filled with gifts. 


But as for me, I have 
walked In my ino- 
cence: redeem me, and 
be merciful unto me. 

My foot hath stood 
in the right way: in the 
churches I will bless 
Thee, O Lord. 

Glory be to the 
Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the be- 
ginning, Is now, and 
ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 


68 MASS OF THE FAITHFUL 


Oblation 
Before the middle of the altar the priest says: 


ye sancta 
Trinitas, hanc ob- 
lationem quam _ tibi 
offerimus ob memoriam 
passionis, _ resurrec- 
tionis, et ascensionis 
Jesu Christi, Domini 
nostri: et in honorem 
beatze Maria semper 
Virginis, et beati Joan- 
nis Baptiste, et sanc- 
torum Apostolorum 
Petri et Pauli, et is- 
torum et omnium Sanc- 
torum: ut illis proficiat 
ad honorem, nobis au- 
tem ad salutem: et ili 
pro nobis _ intercedere 
dignentur in ccelis, quo- 
rum memoriam agimus 
in terris. Per eumdem 
Christum §Dominum 
nostrum. Amen. 


ECEIVE, O Holy 

Trinity, this obla- 
tion, which we offer 
unto Thee, in memory 
of the passion, resur- 
rection, and ascension 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and in honor of blessed 
Mary ever Virgin, of 
blessed John the Bap- 
tist, of the holy apostles 
Peter and Paul, of these 
and of all Thy saints: 
that it may be to their 
honor and to our sal- 
vation: and may they 
vouchsafe to intercede 
for us in heaven, whose 
memory we celebrate 
on earth. Through the 
same Christ our Lord. 


Amen. 


Invitation to prayer 


The priest kisses the altar, and turning toward the 


people, says: 
RATE, fratres, ut 


meum ac vestrum 
sacrificium acceptabile 


RAY, my brethren, 
that my _ sacrifice 
and yours may be ac- 








MASS OF THE FAITHFUL 69 


ceptable to God the 
Father almighty. 


fiat apud Deum Patrem 
omnipotentem. 





The ministers answer: 


USCIPIAT Domi- AY the Lord receive 
nus sacrificium de the Sacrifice from 
manibus tuis, ad lau- | thy hands, to the praise 
dem et gloriam nominis | and glory of His Name, 
sui, ad utilitatem quo- | to our benefit, and to 
que nostram, totiusque | that of all His holy 
Ecclesiz suze sancte. Church. 


The priest replies in a low voice, Amen, and proceeds 
to say: 


The Secret Prayer 


ANCTIFY, we beseech Thee, O Lord our 

God, by the invocation of Thy holy Name, 
the victim of this oblation; and by it make us 
ourselves an eternal offering to Thee. Through 
Christ our Lord, etc. 


2. THE PREFACE 


The Preface is an introduction to the Canon, or most 
solemn part of the Mass. It varies according to seasons. 
The one that follows is said on every Sunday of whe year 
that has no special Preface of its own. 


ER omnia sezcula ORLD without 
seeculorum. end. 
R. Amen. R. Amen. 


V. Dominus _ vobis- V. The Lord be with 
}cum. you. 


70 MASS OF THE FAITHFUL 


R. Et cum 


tuo. 
V. Sursum corda. 


spiritu 


R. Habemus ad Do- 
minum. 

V. Gratias agamus 
Domino Deo nostro. 

R. Dignum et jus- 
tum est. 


ERE dignum et 

justum est, qu- 
um et salutare, nos tibi 
semper et ubique gra- 
tias agere, Domine 
sancte, Pater omni- 
potens, eterne Deus. 
Qui cum unigenito Filio 
tuo et Spiritu Sancto 
unus es Deus, unus es 
Dominus: non in untus 
singularitate persone, 
sed in unius Trinitate 
substantia. Quod 
enim de tua gloria, re- 
velante te, credimus, 
hoc de Filio’ tuo, hoc 
de Spiritu Sancto, sine 
differentia discretionis 
sentimus. Ut in con- 
fessione verze sempiter- 


R. And with thy 
spirit. 
Veet ae Ups esyoun 
hearts. 


R. We lift them up 
unto the Lord. 

V. Let us give thanks 
unto the Lord our God. 

R. It is worthy and 
just. 


T is truly worthy 

and just, right and 
profitable unto salva- 
tion, that we should at 
all times and in all 
places give thanks unto 
Thee, O holy Lord, 
Father almighty, eter- 
nal God. Who, with 
Thine only-begotten 
Son and the Holy 
Ghost, art one God, one 
Lord: not in the single- 
ness of one only Person, 
but in the Trinity of 
one Substance. For 
what we believe of Thy 
glory, as Thou hast 
revealed it, that we 
believe of Thy Son, 
and that of the Holy 


MASS OF THE FAITHFUL Ft 


neque Deitatis, et in 
personis proprietas, et 
In essentia unitas, et 
in majestate adoretur 
zqualitas. Quem lau- 
dant Angeli at que 
Archangeli, Cherubim 
quoque ac Seraphim, 
qui non cessant cla- 
mare quotidie, una voce 
dicentes: 


Ghost, without any dif- 
ference or inequality. 
That in the confession 
of the true and eternal 
Godhead, distinction 
in persons, unity in 
essence, and equality 
in majesty may be 
adored. Whom the 
Angels and Archangels, 
the Cherubim also and 
Seraphim, do _ praise; 
who cease not daily to 
cry out, with one voice 


| saying: 


Here the bell is rung thrice to give notice of the begin- 


ning of the Canon. 


ANCTUS, sanctus, 

sanctus, Dominus 
Deus Sabaoth. Pleni 
sunt celi et terra gloria 
tua. Hosanna in ex- 
celsis. Benedictus qui 
venit in nomine Do- 
mini. Hosanna in 
excelsis. 


OLY, Holy, Holy, 
Lord God of hosts. 
Heaven and earth are 
full of Thy glory. Ho- 
sanna in the highest. 
Blessed is he who com- 
eth in the name of the 
Lord. Hosanna in the 
highest. 





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3. THE CANON 


This is the most sacred part of the Mass. 


It consists 


of many prayers of very great antiquity; some of its 
words were used by Our Lord Himself at the Last Supper; 
it is called “Canon,” Le., rule or standard, because it 
is unchangeable in every Mass with but few exceptions. 


Prayer for the Whole Church 


The priest now prays in secret: 


E igitur, clementis- 

sime Pater, per 
Jesum Christum Filtum 
tuum Dominum nos- 
trum, supplices roga- 
mus ac petimus, uti 
accepta habeas et bene- 
dicas hec dona, hee 
munera, hec_ sancta 
sacrificia illibata, im 
primis, que tibi offeri- 
mus pro Ecclesia tua 
sancta catholica: quam 
pacificare,  custodire, 
adunare, et regere dig- 


E, therefore, hum- 

bly pray and be- 
seech Thee, most merci- 
ful Father, through 
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, 
our Lord, that Thou 
wouldst accept and 
bless these gifts, these 
presents, these holy 
unspotted sacrifices, 
which, in the first place, 
we offer Thee for Thy 
holy Catholic Church: 
which vouchsafe to 
pacify, guard, unite, 


74 CANON OF THE MASS 


neris toto orbe_ ter- 
rarum, una cum famu- 
Io tuo Papa nostra N., 
et Antistite nostro N., 
et omnibus orthodoxis, 
atque catholicae et 
apostolice fidei cul- 
toribus. 


and govern throughout 
the whole world, to- 
gether with Thy serv- 
ant N. our Pope; N. 
our Bishop; as also all 
orthodox believers and 
professors of the Catho- 
lic and Apostolic faith. 


The Commemoration of the Living 


EMENTO, Do- 
mine, famulorum 
famularumque tuarum, 


N. et N., 


EMEMBER, O 
Lord, Thy serv- 
ants and handmaids, 


N. and N., 


The priest pauses, and, joining bis bands, prays silently 
for those he wishes to pray for in particular; and proceeds: 


Et omnium_ circum- 
stantium, quorum tibi 
fides cognita est, et 
nota devotio: pro qul- 
bus tibi offerimus, vel 
qui tibr offerunt hoc 
sacrifictum laudis, pro 
se, suisque omnibus, 
pro redemptione ani- 
marum suarum, pro spe 
salutis et incolumitatis 
sue: tibique reddunt 
vota sua, eterno Deo, 
Vivo et vero. 


And all here present 
whose faith and devo- 
tion are known to 
Thee; for whom we 
offer, or who offer up to 
Thee this Sacrifice of 
praise for themselves 
and all pertaining to 
them for the redemp- 
tion of their souls, for 
the hope of their salva- 
tion and well-being, and 
who pay their vows un- 
to Thee, the eternal, 
living and true God. 








CANON OF THE MASS) 745 


Prayer in honor of the Saints 


OMMUNICANTES, 

et memoriam ve- 
nerantes, In primis glo- 
riose semper Virginis 
Marie, Genitrici Dei 
et Domini nostri Jesu 
Christi: sed et bea- 
torum Apostolorum ac 
Martyrum tuorum, 
Petri et Pauli, Andree, 
Jacobi, Joannis, 
Thome, Jacobi, Phi- 
lippi, Bartholomei, 
Matthz, Simonis et 
Thaddei; Lini, Clett, 
Clementis, Xysti, Cor- 
nelii, Cypriani, Lau- 
rentii, Chrysogoni, 
HoapDniss.éet. Pauli, 
Cosme et Damiani: et 
omnium Sanctorum 
tuorum; quorum meri- 
tis precibusque conce- 
das, ut In omnibus pro- 
tectionis tue muniamur 


auxilio. Per eumdem 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum, Amen, 


N communion with, 

and honoring the 
memory, especially of 
the glorious ever Virgin 
Mary, Mother of our 
God and Lord Jesus 
Christ; as also of Thy 
blessed apostles and 
martyrs, Peter and 
Paul, Andrew, James, 
John, Thomas, James, 
Philip, Bartholomew, 
Matthew, Simon and 
Thaddeus; of Linus, 
Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, 
Cornelius, Cyprian, 
Lawrence, Chrysogo- 
nus, John and Paul, 
Cosmas and Damian: 
and of all Thy saints; 
by whose merits and 
prayers grant that we 
may in all things be de- 
fended by the aid of 
Thy protection. 
Through the same 
Christ our Lord. 


Amen. 


76 CANON OF THE MASS 


Another Prayer of Oblation 


Here the bell is rung once to warn the faithful of the 
approaching consecration of the bread and wine. 


ANC igitur oblatio- HIS oblation,there- 

nem servitutis nos- fore, of our serv- 
tre, sed et cuncte | ice, and that of Thy 
familie tue, quesu- | whole family, we be- 
mus, Domine, ut placa- | seech Thee, O Lord, 
tus accipias; diesque | graciously to accept; 
nostros in tua pace | and to dispose our days 
disponas, atque ab | in Thy peace, and to 
zeterna damnatione nos | command us to be de- 
eripi, et in electorum | livered from _ eternal 
tuorum jubeas grege | damnation, and to be 
numerari. Per Chris- | numbered in the flock 
tum Dominum nos- | of Thine elect. Through 
trum. Amen. Christ our Lord. Amen. 


CONSECRATION AND ELEVATION 


The words of consecration which the priest uses are 
the same as those employed by Christ at the Last Supper, 
and effect the transubstantiation of the bread and wine 
into the Body and Blood of our Saviour. Immediately 
after the consecration of the bread, as also after that of the 
wine, the priest genuflects in adoration of the Real Presence 
of Christ, and then elevates the Sacred Species for the 
adoration of the faithful. The elevation in the Mass after 
the consecration was introduced toward the close of the 
twelfth century as a protest against the teaching of Peter 
the Chanter who held that the transubstantiation was not 
effected until after the consecration of the chalice. 





CANON OF THE MASS Ch 


UAM_ oblationem, 

tu Deus, in om- 
nibus, quesumus, bene- 
dictam, adscriptam, 
ratam, rationabilem, 
acceptabilemque facere 
digneris: ut nobis cor- 
pus et sanguis fiat 
dilectissimi Filii tui 
Domini nostri Jesu 


Christi. 


@y pridie quam 
pateretur, accepit 
panem in sanctas ac 
venerabiles manus suas, 
et elevatis oculis in 
celum, ad te Deum 
Patrem suum omnipo- 
tentem: tibr  gratias 
agens, benedixit, fregit, 
deditque discipulis suis, 
dicens: Accipite, et 
manducate ex hoc 
omnes. 


HICH oblation do 

Thou, O God, we 
beseech Thee, vouch- 
safe to make in all 
things blessed, ap- 
proved, ratified, reason- 
able, and acceptable: 
that it may become for 
us the Body and Blood 
of Thy dearly beloved 
Son, our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 


HO, the day before 

He suffered, took 
bread into His holy and 
venerable hands, and 
with eyes lifted up 
toward heaven, unto 
Thee, O God, His al- 
mighty Father, giving 
thanks to Thee, did 
bless, break, and give 
unto His disciples, say- 
ing: All of you take and 
eat of this. 


While holding the Host with both bands, the priest pro- 
nounces over it the words of consecration: 


HOC EST ENIM CORPUS 
MEUM. 


FOR THIS IS MY BODY 


78 CANON OF THE MASS 


At the elevation of the Host the bell is rung thrice. 


IMILI modo post- 

quam coenatum 
est, accipiens et hunc 
preclarum calicem in 
sanctas ac venerabiles 
manus suas: Item tibi 
gratias agens, bene- 
dixit, deditque  dis- 
cipulis suis, dicens: Ac- 
cipite, et bibite ex eo 
omnes. 


N_ like manner, 

after supper, tak- 
ing also this excellent 
chalice into His holy 
and venerable hands: 
and giving thanks to 
Thee, He blessed, and 
gave to His disciples, 
saying: All of you take 
and drink of this. 


The priest then pronounces the following words of con- 


secration over the Chalice: 


HIC EST ENIM CALIX 
SANGUINIS MEI NOVI ET 
ETERNI TESTAMENTI: 
MYSTERIUM FIDEI; QUI 
PRO VOBIS ET PRO MUL- 
TIS EFFUNDETUR IN 
REMISSIONEM PECCATO- 
RUM. 


FOR THIS IS THE CHAL- 
ICE OF MY BLOOD OF 
THE NEW AND ETERNAL 
TESTAMENT: THE MYS- 
TERY OF FAITH; WHICH 
SHALL BE SHED FOR 
YOU AND FOR MANY, 
FOR THE REMISSION OF 
SINS. 


He then replaces the Chalice on the corporal, and says: 


Hec quotiescumque 
feceritis, In meI me- 
moriam facietis. 


Making a genuflection, be adores; 


As often as ye do 
these things, ye shall 
do them in remem. 
brance of Me. 


then, rising, be 


elevates the Chalice, and, replacing it upon the corporal, 


makes another genuflection. 


At the elevation of the 


Chalice the bell is rung thrice. 





CANON OF THE MASS 79 


Commemoration of the Chief Mysteries of the 
Life of Our Lord 


DE et memores, 

Domine, nos servi 
tui, sed et plebs tua 
sancta, ejusdem Christi 
Filii tur Domini nostri 
tam beate passionis, 
necnon et ab _ inferis 
resurrectionis, sed et in 
celos gloriose ascen- 
sionis: offerimus pre- 
clare mayjestati tue, 
de tuis donis ac datis, 
hostiam puram, _hos- 
tiam sanctam, hostiam 
Immaculatam, panem 
sanctum vite eterne, 
et calicem salutis 
perpetue. 


HEREFORE,.  O 

Lord, we Thy ser- 
vants, and likewise Thy 
holy people, calling to 
mind the blessed Pas- 
sion of the same Christ 
LDys-500,8 Our. Lords 
together with His 
Resurrection from the 
grave, and also His 
glorious ascension into 
heaven, offer unto Thy 
excellent majesty, of 
Thy gifts and presents, 
a pure victim, a holy 
victim, an Immaculate 
victim, the holy bread 
of eternal life, and the 
chalice of everlasting 
salvation. 


Prayers for the Benefits of the Sacrifice 


and Communion 


UPRA que pro- 
pitio ac sereno 
vultu respicere digneris, 
et accepta habere, 


PON which do 
Thou vouchsafe to 

look with favorable and 
gracious countenance, 


80 CANON OF THE MASS 


sicuti accepta habere 
dignatus es munera 
pueri tui justi Abel, et 
sacrificium Patriarche 
nostri Abrahe; et quod 
tibi obtulit summus 
sacerdos tuus Melchise- 
dech, sanctum sacri- 
ficlum, immaculatam 
hostiam. 


and accept them, as 
Thou didst vouchsafe 
to accept the gifts of 
Thy just servant Abel, 
and the sacrifice of our 
patriarch Abraham, 
and that which Thy 
high-priest Melchise- 
dech offered unto Thee, 
a holy sacrifice, an 
unspotted victim. 


Bowing over the altar the priest prays: 


ie ed Sd kd er he il 


rogamus, omni- 
potens Deus, jube hec 
perferri per manus 


sancti angeli tui in sub- 
lime altare tuum, in 
conspectu divine majes- 
tatis tue, ut quotquot 
ex hac altaris partici- 
patione, sacrosanctum 
Filii tut Corpus et 
Sanguinem — sumpseri- 
mus, omni benedictione 
celesti et gratia re- 


pleamur. Per eumdem 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. 


Amen, 


E humbly beseech 

Thee, almighty 
God, command _ these 
to be carried by the 
hands of Thy holy 
angel to Thine altar on 
high, m the presence of 
Thy divine majesty, 
that as many of us as 
shall, by partaking at 
this altar, receive the 
most sacred Body and 
Blood of Thy Son, 
may be filled with all 
heavenly blessing and 
grace. Through the 
same Christ our Lord. 

Amen. 


CANON OF THE MASS 81 


Commemoration of the Dead 


EMENTO etiam, 

Domine,  famu- 
lorum famularumque 
tuarum N. et N., qui 
nos precesserunt cum 
signo fidei, et dormiunt 
in somno pacis. 


EMEMBER, O 

Lord, Thy serv- 
ants and handmaids, 
N. and N., who have 
gone before us with 
the sign of faith, and 
sleep the sleep of peace. 


The priest then prays for the dead: 


PSIS, Domine, et 
omnibus in Christo 
quiescentibus, [locum 
refrigerii, lucis et pacis, 
ut indulgeas, depreca- 
mur. Per eumdem 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. Amen. 


O these, O Lord, 

and to all who 
rest in Christ, grant, we 
pray Thee, a place of 
refreshment, of light, 
and of peace. Through 
the same Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


Prayer for those Assisting at the 
Holy Sacrifice 


OBIS quoque pec- 

catoribus famulis 
tuis, de multitudine 
miserationum tuarum 
sperantibus partem ali- 
quam et societatem 
donare digneris, cum 
tuis sanctis Apostolis 
et Martyribus; cum 


O us also, Thy sin- 

ful servants, who 
hope in the multitude 
of Thy mercies, vouch- 
safe to grant some part 
and fellowship with 
Thy holy Apostles and 
Martyrs: with John, 
Stephen, Matthias, Bar- 


82 


Joanne, Stephano, Mat- 
thia, Barnaba, Ignatio, 
Alexandro, Marcellino, 
Petro, Felicitate, Per- 
petua, Agatha, Lucia, 
Agnete, Cecilia, Anas- 
tasia, et omnibus Sanc- 
tis tuis: Intra quorum 
nos consortium, non 
estimator meriti, sed 
veniz, quzsumus, lar- 


CANON OF 


gitor ..admitte. .. Per 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. 


ER quem hec om- 
nia, Domine, sem- 
per bona creas, sancti- 
ficas, vivificas, bene- 
dicis, et prestas nobis. 


THE MASS 


nabas, Ignatius, Alex- 
ander, Marcellinus, 
Peter, Felicity, Perpe- 
tua, Agatha, Lucy, 
Agnes, Cecilia, An- 
astasia, and all Thy 
Saints: Into whose 
company, not weigh- 
ing our merits, but 
pardoning our offenses, 
we beseech Thee to 
admit us. Through 
Christ our Lord. 


Y Whom, O Lord, 

Thou dost always 
create, sanctify, 
quicken, bless, and be- 
stow upon us all these 
good things. 


Concluding Doxology, or Prayer of Praise, 
of the Canon 


ER ipsum, et cum 

ipso, et in ipso, 
est tibi Deo Patri omni- 
potenti, in unitate 
Spiritus Sancti, omnis 
honor et gloria. 


HROUGH HIM, 
and with Him, 
and in Him, is unto 
Thee, God the Father 
almighty, in the unity 
of the Holy Ghost, all 


honor and glory. 





PATER NOSTER 83 


4. THE PATER NOSTER AND THE 
BREAKING OF THE HOST 


The Our Father is the most perfect of all prayers and 


was taught by Our Lord Himself to His disciples. 


For 


| this reason it has been added to the Canon, and has been 
placed here as a fitting preparation for Communion. It 
is preceded by a brief introduction, and followed by a 


short conclusion. 


The breaking of the Host symbolizes the Passion of 


Christ. 


In the days of the apostles the Eucharistic cele- 


bration was called “The Breaking of Bread,” in memory 
of the action of Our Lord at the Last Supper. 


V. Per omnia secula 
szeculorum. 


R. Amen. 


Oremus 


RAECEPTIS . salu- 
taribus moniti, et 
divina institutione for- 
mati, audemus dicere: 


TER NOSTER, 

qui es in calis, 
sanctificetur nomen 
tuum: adveniat regnum 
tuum: fiat voluntas tua 
sicut in celo, et im 
terra. Panem nostrum 
quotidianum da _ nobis 
hodie: et dimitte no- 


V. World without 
end. 


R. Amen. 


Let us Pray 


DMONISHED by 
Thy saving pre- 
cepts and following 
Thy divine institution, 
we make bold to say: 


UR: “FATHER, 

Who art in heaven 
hallowed be Thy Name: 
Thy kingdom come: 
Thy will be’ done on 
earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our 
daily bread: and for- 
give us our trespasses, 


84 BREAKING OF THE HOST 


as we forgive those who 
trespass against us. 


bis debita nostra, sicut 
et nos dimittimus de- 





bitoribus nostris. Et | And lead us not into | 
ne nos inducas in ten- | temptation. 
tationem. 
R. Sed ltbera nos a R. But deliver us 
malo. — from evil. | 
The priest says inaudibly: 
Amen. | Amen. 


At Solemn Mass, the deacon here goes to the right of the 
priest and receives the paten from the subdeacon and 
in turn delivers it to the priest. 


IBERA nos, que- 

sumus, Domine, 
ab omnibus malis, pre- 
teritis, presentibus, et 
futuris: et intercedente 
beata et gloriosa sem- 
per Virgine Det Geni- 
trice Maria, cum beatis 
Apostolis tuis Petro et 
Paulo, atque Andrea, 
et omnibus Sanctis, da 
propitius pacem in die- 
bus nostris: ut ope 
misericordize tus ad- 
juti, et a peccato simus 
semper liberi, et ab 
omni_perturbatione 
securl. 


ELIVER us, we 

beseech Thee, O 
Lord, from all evils, 
past, present, and to 
come: and by the inter- 
cession of blessed and 
glorious Mary ever 
Virgin, Mother of God, 
together with Thy 
blessed Apostles Peter 
and Paul, and Andrew, 
and all the Saints, 
graciously give peace 
in our days: that, aided 
by the help of Thy 
mercy, we may be al- 
ways free from sin, and 
secure from all dis- 
turbance. 





THE COMMUNION 


85 


Taking the sacred Host, the priest breaks it in the center, 


saying: 

Per eumdem Do- 
minum nostrum Jesum 
Christum Filium tuum, 
qui tecum vivit et reg- 
nat in unitate Spiritus 
Sancti Deus. 

V. Per omnia secula 
seeculorum. 


R. Amen. 


Through the same 
our Lord Jesus Christ, 
Thy Son, Who liveth 
and reigneth with Thee 
in the unity of the 
Holy Ghost, God. 

V. World — without 
end. 


R. Amen. 


56. THE COMMUNION 


The priest now prays for peace and forgiveness of sins 
as a proximate preparation for receiving the sacred Body 


and Blood of Christ. 


Immediately after Communion he 


recites various prayers of thanksgiving and petition. 


VY. Pax Domini sit 


semper vobiscum. 


R. Et cum = spiritu 
tuo. 


V. May the peace 
of the Lord be always 
with you. 

R. And with 


spirit. 


thy 


The priest drops a particle of the sacred Host in the 


Chalice, saying: 


AEC commixtio et 
consecratio cor- 
poris et sanguinis Do- 
mini nostri Jesu Christi 
fiat accipientibus nobis 
In vitam zeternam. 
Amen. 


Y this mingling 

and _ consecration 
of the Body and Blood 
of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be unto us that receive 
it effectual unto life 
everlasting. Amen. 


86 THE COMMUNION 


Bowing, and striking bis breast, the priest says: 


GNUS Dei, qui 
tollis peccata 
mundi, miserere nobis. 


Agnus Dei, qui tollis 
peccata mundi, miserere 
nobis. 


Agnus Dei, qui 
tollis peccata mundi, 
dona nobis pacem. 


AMB of God, Who 

takest away the 

sins of the world, have 
mercy on us. 

Lamb of God, Who 
takest away the sins of 
the world, have mercy 
on us. 

Lamb of God, Who 
takest away the sins 
of the world, grant us 
Thy peace. 


Leaning toward the altar, be says the following prayers: 


OMINE Jesu 
Christe, qui dixisti 
Apostolis tuts, Pacem 
relinquo vobis, pacem 
mean do vobis: ne 
respicias peccata mea, 
sed fidem Ecclesiz tuz; 
eamque secundum vo- 
luntatem tuam_paci- 
ficare. et coadunare 
digneris. Qui vivis et 
regnas: Deus: in secula 
seeculorum. 
Amen. , 


OMIDNE Jesu 
Christe, Fili Der 
Vivi, qui ex voluntate 
Patris;:;cooperante 


LORD Jesus 

Christ, Who saidst 
to Thine Apostles, 
Peace I leave you, My 
peace I give you: look 
not upon my sins, but 
upon the faith of Thy 
Church; and _ vouch- 
safe to her that peace 
and unity which are 
agreeable to Thy will. 
Who livest and reignest 
God world without end. 

Amen. 

ORD Jesus Christ, 

Son of the living 
God, Who, according 
to the will of the Father, 


THE COMMUNION 87 


Spirtu Sancto, per 
mortem tuam mundum 
vivificasti: libera me per 
hoc sacrosanctum cor- 
pus et sanguinem tuum 
ab omnibus iniquitati- 
bus meis, et universis 
malis: et fac me tuls 
semper inherere man- 
datis, et a te numquam 
separari permittas: qui 
cum eodem Deo Patre 
et Spiritu Sancto vivis 
et regnas Deus in se- 
cula seculorum. 
Amen. 


ERCEPTIO  cor- 

poris tui, Domine 
Jesu Christe, quod ego 
indignus sumere pre- 
sumo, non mihi pro- 
veniat in judicium et 
condemnationem; sed 
pro tua pietate prosit 
mihi ad tutamentum 
mentis et corporis, et 
ad medelam percipien- 
dam. Qui vivis et reg- 
nas cum Deo Patre, in 
unitate Spiritus Sancti 
Deus per omnia secula 
seculorum. Amen. 


through the codpera- 
tion of the Holy Ghost, 
hast by Thy death given 
life to the world; de- 
liver me by this, Thy 
most sacred Body and 
Blood, from all my in- 
Iquities and from all 
evils; and make me 
ever cling to Thy com- 
mandments, and never 
suffer me to be sepa- 
rated from Thee; Who 
with the sarae God the 
Father, and the Holy 
Ghost, livest, etc. Amen. 


ET not the par- 

taking of Thy 
Body, O Lord Jesus 
Christ, which I, though 
unworthy, presume to 
receive, turn to my 
judgment and condem- 
nation; but by Thy 
mercy be it profitable 
to the safety and health 
both of soul and body. 
Who with God _ the 
Father, in the unity of 
the Holy Ghost, livest 
and reignest God world 
without end. Amen. 


88 THE COMMUNION 


The priest takes the sacred Host in bis bands: 


ANEM celestem 
accipiam, et no- 
men Domini mnvocabo. 


WILL take the 
Bread of heaven, 
and will call upon the 


Name of the Lord. 


Here the bell is rung thrice to call attention to the 
approaching Communion, while the priest striking bis 
breast repeats the following three times: 


OMINE, non sum 
dignus ut intres 
sub tectum meum; sed 
tantum dic verbo, et 
sanabitur anima mea. 


ORD, I am not 
worthy that Thou 
shouldst enter under 
my roof; but only say 
the word, and my soul 


shall be healed. 


At the Priest’s Communion 


The priest receives the sacred Host, saying: 


ORPUS = Dominr 
nostri Jesu Christi 
custodiat animam me- 
am in vitam eternam. 

Amen. 

Quid retribuam Do- 
mino pro omnibus que 
retribuit mihi? Calicem 
salutaris accipiam, et 
nomen Domini invo- 
cabo. Laudans_ invo- 
cabo Dominum, et ab 
inimicis meis salvus ero. 


AY the Body of our 

Lord Jesus Christ 

preserve my soul to 
life everlasting. 

Amen. 

What return shall I 
make the Lord for all 
He has given to me? 
I will take the chalice 
of salvation and call 
upon the Name of the 
Lord, and shall be 


saved from my enemies. 


THE COMMUNION 89 


The priest receives the Precious Blood: 


ANGUIS Domini 
nostri Jesu Christi 
custodiat animam 
meam in vitam eter- 
nam. Amen. 


AY the Blood of 
our Lord Jesus 
Christ preserve my 
soul to life everlasting. 
Amen. 


At the Communion of the Faithful 


The server or, at Solemn Mass, the Ministers now say the 
Confiteor on bebalf of the faithful who are to receive 


Holy Communion. 


After taking from the Tabernacle of the altar the cibo- 


rium, or vessel containing the Blessed Sacrament; 


and 


placing it upon the corporal, the priest makes a genu- 
flection, and, turning to the communicants, pronounces 


the Absolution: 


ISEREATUR tui 

omnipotens Deus, 
et dimissis peccatis tuis, 
perducat te ad vitam 
zeternam. 


R. Amen. 


NDULGENTIAM, 

+ absolutionem, 

et remissionem pecca- 

torum tuorum tribuat 

tibl omnipotens et 
misericors Dominus. 


R. Amen. 


AY Almighty God 

have mercy upon 
thee, and forgive thee 
thy sins, and bring thee 
unto life everlasting. 


R. Amen. 


AY the Almighty 

and Merciful Lord 
grant thee pardon, Hh 
absolution, and remis- 
sion of thy sins. 


R. Amen. 


gO THE COMMUNION 


The priest elevates a particle of the Blessed Sacrament, 
and turning toward the people, says: 


CCE Agnus Del, 
ecce qui tollit pec- 
cata mundi, 


EHOLD the Lamb 
of God, behold 
Him Who taketh away 
the sins of the world. 


The be says three times: 


OMINE, non sum 
dignus ut intres 
sub tectum meum; sed 
tantum dic verbo, et 
sanabitur anima mea. 


ORD, I am not 
worthy that Thou 
shouldst enter under my 
roof; but only say the 


word, and my soul shall 


be healed. 


Descending the steps of the altar, the priest administers 
the Holy Communion, saying: 


ORPUS = Domini 
nostri Jesu Christi 
custodiat animam tuam 
In vitam eternam. 
Amen. 


HE Body of our 
Lord Jesus Christ 
preserve thy soul unto 
life everlasting. 
Amen. 


The priest, returning to the altar, replaces the ciborium 


in the tabernacle. 


Then the server pours a little wine 


in the Chalice, and the priest takes the first ablution, 


saying: 
UOD ore sumpsi- 
mus, Domine, 
pura mente capiamus; 
et de mnere temporali 
fiat nobis remedium 
sempiternum, 


HAT we have 

taken with our 
mouth, O Lord, may we 
receive with a _ pure 
heart; and of a tem- 
poral gift may it be- 
come to us an ever- 
lasting healing. 


THE COMMUNION gr 


Here the server pours wine and water over the priest’s 
fingers, and the priest, returning to the middle of the 
altar, wipes his fingers and takes the second ablution, 


saying: 


ORPUS tuum, Do- 
mine, quod sump- 

si, et Sanguis quem 
potavi, adhereat vis- 
ceribus meis: et presta, 
ut In me non remaneat 
scelerum macula, quem 
pura et sancta refe- 


Y Thy Body, O 

Lord, which I 
have received, and Thy 
Blood which I have 
drunk, cleave unto 
my inmost parts; and 
grant that no stain of 
sin may remain In me, 


who have been re- 
freshed with pure and 
holy mysteries. Who 
Itvest and reignest for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 


cerunt. sacramenta. 
Qui vivis et regnas 
in secula seculorum. 


Amen. 


The Communion Prayer 


E bless the God of heaven, and we will praise 
Him in the sight of all the living: because 
He has shown us His mercy. 


From the center of the altar the priest, turning to the 
people, says: 


V. Dominus _ vobis- V. The Lord be with 
cum. you. 

R. Et cum. spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. spirit. 


Q2 CONCLUSION OF THE MASS 


Returning to the missal, the priest reads the Post 
communion Prayers. 
AY the receiving of this Sacrament, O Lord 
our God, profit us to the salvation of body 
and soul, together with the confession of an ever- 
Jasting holy Trinity and of the undivided Unity 
thereof. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy 
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the 
unity of the Holy Ghost forever and ever. Amen. 


6. CONCLUSION OF THE MASS 


The Communion being over, the priest announces the 
conclusion of the Mass, and utters a last prayer that the 
action he has performed may be acceptable in God’s 
sight and profitable to those for whom it has been offered. 
This is followed by a blessing upon the people and the 
recitation of the last Gospel, which is usually taken from 
the first chapter of St. John and contains a most sublime 
profession of faith in the divinity and humanity of Christ. 


The Dismissal 
V. Dominus vobis- | V. The Lord be with 


cum. you. 

R. Et cum = spiritu R. And with — thy 
tuo. spirit. 

V. Ite, missa est; V. Go, the Mass is 
ended; 


Or, when the Gloria in Excelsis bas been omitted, he 
turns to the altar and says: 


V. Benedicamus V. Let us_ bless 
Domino. the Lord. 
R. Deo gratias. R. Thanks be to 


God. 


CONCLUSION OF THE MASS 


93 


Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity 


1 Ale bua tbr, 


sancta  ‘Trinitas, 
obsequium _ servitutis 
mies sweeten PLeeStasment 


sacrificium quod oculis 
tuze majestatis indig- 
nus obtuli, tibi sit ac- 
ceptabile, mihique, et 
omnibus pro quibus 
ilud obtuli, sit, te 
miserante, propitiabile. 
Per Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. 


Amen. 





AY the performance 

of my homage be 
pleasing to Thee, O 
Holy Trinity; and grant 
that the sacrifice which 
I, though unworthy, 
have offered up in the 
sight of Thy majesty, 
may be acceptable unto 
Thee, and may, through 
Thy mercy, be a pro- 
pitiation for myself, 
and all those for whom 
I have offered it. 
Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


The priest turns toward the people at the word Deus, 
making the sign of the cross over them. 


The Blessing 


ENEDICAT _ vos 

omnipotens Deus, 
Pater, et Filrus, et 
Spiritus Sanctus. 


R. Amen. 


AY almighty God 
bless you; the 
Father, the Son, and 
the Holy Ghost. 
R. Amen. 


The Last Gospel 


V. Dominus _ vobis- 
cum. 

R. Et cum = spiritu 
tuo. 


V. The Lord be with 
you. 
R. And with thy 


spirit. 


04 CONCLUSION OF THE MASS 


> Initium sancti 
Evangelii secundum 
Joannem. 


R. Gloria tibi, Do- 


mine. 


N_ principio erat 

Verbum, et Ver- 
bum erat apud Deum; 
et Deus erat Verbum. 
Hoc erat in principio 
apud Deum. Omnia 
per ipsum facta sunt, 
et sine Ipso factum est 
nihil quod factum est: 
in Ipso vita erat, et vita 
erat lux hominum; et 
lux in tenebris lucet, et 
tenebre eam non com- 
prehenderunt. 


Fuit homo missus a 
Deo, cui nomen erat 
Joannes. Hic venit in 
testimonium, ut testi- 
monium perhiberet de 
Iumine, ut omnes cre- 
derent per illum. Non 
erat ule lux; sed ut 
testimonium perhiberet 
de Jumine. Erat lux 
vera que  illuminat 


+4 The beginning of 
the holy Gospel accord- 
ing to John. 

R. Glory be to Thee, 
O Lord. 


N_ the beginning 
was the Word, and 
the Word was with God, 
and the Word was God. 
The same was in the 
beginning with God. 
All things were made 
by Him, and_ with- 
out Him was made 
nothing that was made: 
in Him was life, and the 
life was the light of 
men: and the light 
shineth im _ darkness, 
and the darkness did 
not comprehend it. 
There was a man 
sent from God, whose 
name was John. This 
man came for a witness, 
to testify concerning 
the light, that all might 
believe through him. 
He was not the light, 
but he was to testify 
concerning the light. 
This was the true Light, 


CONCLUSION OF THE MASS 


omnem hominem veni- 
entem in hunc mun- 
dum. 

In mundo erat, et 
mundus per ipsum 
factus est, et mundus 
eum non cognovit. In 
propria venit, et suieum 
non receperunt. Quot- 


- quot autem receperunt 


eum, dedit eis potes- 
tatem filios Det fiert, 
his, qui credunt in no- 
mine ejus, qui non ex 


- sanguinibus, neque ex 





| VERBUM 
Est et habitavit in no- 


voluntate carnis, neque 
ex voluntate viri, sed 
ex Deo nati sunt (He 
genuflects, saying:) ET 
CARO FACTUM 


bis; et vidimus gloriam 
ejus, gloriam quasi Uni- 
geniti a Patre, plenum 
gratia et veritatis, 


R. Deo gratias. 


95 


which enlighteneth 
every man that cometh 
into this world. 

He was in the world, 
and the world was made 
by Him, and the world 
knew Him not. He 
came unto His own, 
and His own received 
Him not. But as many 
as received Him to them 
He gave power to be 
made the sons of God, 
to those who believe 
in His name, who are 
born not of blood, 
nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of 
man, but of God. (He 
genuflects saying:) AND 
THE WORD WAS MADE 
FLESH, and dwelt 
among us; and we saw 
His glory, the glory as 
it were of the only-be- 
gotten of the Father, 
full of grace and truth. 

R. Thanks be to 
God, 


When a feast falls on a Sunday, or other day which bas 
a proper Gospel of its own, the Gospel of the day is 
read instead of the Gospel of St. Jobn. 


96 PRAYERS AFTER MASS 


PRAYERS ORDERED BY POPE LEO XIII 
To be said kneeling after the celebration of Low Mass 


The priest with the people recites the Hail Mary thrice: 
then the following prayers. 


Salve Regina 


AIL! holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life 
our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do 
we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee 
do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping 
in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious 
advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and 
after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit 
of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O 
sweet Virgin Mary! 
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the prom- 
ises of Christ. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, our refuge and our strength, look 

down with favor upon Thy pecple, who cry 
to Thee; and through the intercession of the 
glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother 
of God, of her Spouse, Blessed Joseph, of Thy 
holy apostles, Peter and Paul, and of all the 
saints, mercifully and graciously hear the prayers, 
which we pour forth to Thee, for the conversion 
of sinners and the liberty and exaltation of Holy 
Mother Church, through the same Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


PRAYERS AFTER MASS Q7 


. MICHAEL the Archangel, defend us in 

battle; be our protection against the malice 
and snares of the devil. We humbly beseech 
Thee, O God, to command him; and do Thou, O 
prince of the heavenly host, by the divine power 
thrust ito hell Satan and the other evil spirits 
who roam through the world seeking the destruc- 
tion of souls. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Leo XIII. Sept. 25, 1888.) 
(Ind. of 7 years, 7 quarantines. — Prius X. June 7, 1904.) 





Then is said three times tbe ejaculation: Most Sacred 
Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. 
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Prayers at Mass 


FORMING OUR INTENTION BEFORE MASS 


INTEND to assist at the Holy Sacrifice of 

the Mass, and to receive the Body and Blood 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the rite of 
the holy Roman Catholic Church, to the praise 
of almighty God and of the whole court of heaven; 
for my benefit, and that of the whole Church on 
earth; for all those who have commended them- 
selves unto my prayers, in general and in particu- 
Jar; and for the happy estate of the holy Roman 
Catholic Church. 

Joy with peace, amendment of life, space for 
true repentance, the grace and comfort of the 
Holy Ghost, perseverance in good works, a con- 
trite and humble heart, and a happy consumma- 
tion of my life, grant unto me, O almighty and 
merciful Lord. Amen. 


OFFERING AT THE BEGINNING OF MASS 
TERNAL Father, I unite myself with the 


intentions and affections of our Lady of 
Sorrows on Calvary, and I offer Thee the Sac- 


I0O PRAYERS AT MASS 


rifice which Thy beloved Son Jesus made of Him- 
self on the cross, and now renews on this holy 
altar: (1) To adore Thee and give Thee the honor 
which is due to Thee, confessing Thy supreme 
dominion over all things, and the absolute de- 
pendence of everything upon Thee, Who art our 
one and last end. (2) To thank Thee for in- 
numerable benefits received. (3) To appease Thy 
justice, irritated against us by so many sins, and 
to make satisfaction for them. (4) To implore 
grace and mercy for myself, for —, for all afflicted 
and sorrowing, for poor sinners, for all the world, 
and for the holy souls in Purgatory. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Prus X. July 8, 1904.) 


SPECIAL OFFERING FOR THE DYING 


MY God, I offer Thee all the holy Masses 

which will be said this day throughout the 
whole world for poor sinners who are now in 
their Iast agony, and who will die this day. 
May the Precious Blood of our Saviour Jesus 
Christ obtain for them mercy. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prus X. Dec. 18, 1907.) 


At the Confiteor 


BLESSED Trinity, one God, Father, Son> 

and Holy Ghost, prostrate in spirit before 
Thee, I here confess in the sight of the whole 
court of heaven, and of all Thy faithful, my in- 
numerable treasons against Thy divine Majesty. 
I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned: I have 
grievously offended through the whole course of 


PRAYERS AT MASS IOI 


my life, in thought, word, and deed; and there- 
fore am unworthy to lift my eyes to heaven, or so 
much as to speak Thy sacred Name: how much 
more am I unworthy to appear here nn Thy 
sanctuary, and to assist among Thy angels at 
'these heavenly mysteries, which require so much 
purity, because Jesus Christ Himself is here in 
person, both Priest and Victim! But, O my God, 
Thy mercies are above all Thy works, and Thou 
wilt not despise a contrite and humble heart; 
and therefore I here venture to come into Thy 
temple, and with the poor publican, strike my 
breast and say, “God be merciful to me, a sinner.” 


When the Priest Goes to the Altar 


ET us adore the Heart of Jesus, which has 

loved us so much; let us prostrate ourselves 
before Him, and bewail the sins of which we have 
been guilty. Grant us, O Lord, a contrite and 
humble heart; Jet the homage of our adorations 
be as acceptable to Thee as if we offered Thee 
thousands of victims. 


At the Introit 


HE Lord hath opened the gates of heaven; 

He hath rained down manna to feed us; 
He hath given us the Bread of angels. Thy good- 
ness, O my God, hath prepared it for the poor 
and humble heart; blessed art Thou, O God of 
Israel, Thou only canst work such wonders for 
me. I will offer to Thee, in the presence of all 
Thy people, the homage of my love and gratitude. 





102 PRAYERS AT MASS 
At the Kyrie 


FATHER of infinite mercy, have pity on 

Thy children; O Jesus, sacrificed for us, 
apply to us the merits of Thy Precious Blood; 
O Holy Ghost, the Sanctifier, descend into our 
hearts, and inflame them with Thy love. 


At the Gloria in Excelsis 


HAT happiness for us that the Son of the 

Most High should have been pleased to 
dwell among us, and have vouchsafed to offer 
us a dwelling in His divine Heart! Suffer us, 
O Lord, to mingle our voices with those of the 
angelic choir, to thank Thee for so great a favor; 
and let us say with them, “Glory to God in the 
highest heavens.’? O almighty Father, we praise 
Thee, we bless Thee, we adore Thee; we give 
Thee thanks for all the benefits which Thou hast 
lavished upon us without ceasmg. O Jesus, Lamb 
without spot, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, have mercy on us; Thou only art holy, 
Thou only art the Lord, Who reignest with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost in glory, and meritest 
all our homage on earth. 


At the Collect 


LORD vouchsafe favorably to hear the 
prayers which Thy priest offers to Thee for 
the Church and for me. 











PRAYERS AT MASS 103 


I earnestly beseech Thee to grant me those 
graces and virtues of which I have need, in order 
to deserve Thy love. Fill my heart with eternal 
gratitude for all the blessings which Thou hast 
| conferred upon me, with a lively horror of sin, 
and with perfect charity toward my neighbor. 
Make my whole life worthy of one who is Thy 
child. I deserve not to be heard for my own 
sake, O my God, but I beseech Thy mercy through 
the infinite merits of Thy divine Son. 

O divine Jesus, mexhaustible fountain of all 
good things, open to us, we beseech Thee, the 
interior of Thy Heart; that having entered, by 
pious meditation, into this august sanctuary of 
divine love, we may fix forever there our hearts, 
as the place wherein are found the treasure, the 
repose, and the happiness of holy souls. 


At the Epistle 


HOU hast vouchsafed, O Lord, to teach us 

Thy sacred truths by the prophets and 
apostles; oh grant that we may so improve by 
their doctrine and examples in the love of Thy 
holy Name and of Thy holy law, that we may 
show forth by our lives whose disciples we are; 
that we may no longer follow the corrupt incli- 
nations of flesh and blood, but master all our 
passions; that we may be ever directed by Thy 
light, and strengthened by Thy grace, to walk 
in the way of Thy commandments, and to serve 
Thee with clean hearts. 


104 PRAYERS AT MASS 
At the Gosepl 


LORD Jesus, Who, according to Thy 

Father’s will, hast declared unto the world 
the message of the Gospel; grant that we may 
receive It Into our minds, embrace it with our 
wills, preserve It in our memory, and practise it 
in our lives; and being united here with those 
elect sheep who hear Thy voice, may be numbered 
with them also at the last day at Thy right hand, 
and hear Thee say, “Come, ye blessed of My 
Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for 
you from the foundation of the world.” 


At the Sermon 


WILL hear what the Lord will say unto me. 

O Jesus, Light of the world, enlighten my 
understanding, that I may understand Thy word, 
and cleanse my heart, that it may bring forth 
the fruits of the same. 


At the Creed 


FIRMLY believe — because God Who is 

infallible Truth hath so revealed it to the 
holy Catholic Church, and through the Church 
to us—lI firmly believe that there is one only 
God, in Three Divine Persons, equal and dis- 
tinct, Whose names are Father, Son, and Holy 
Ghost: that the Son became man, and through 
the operation of the Holy Spirit took flesh and a 
human soul in the womb of the most pure Virgin 
Mary, died for us upon the cross, rose again, 
ascended into heaven, and will come from thence 
at the end of the world to judge the living and 





PRAYERS AT MASS 105 


dead, to give paradise to the good, and hell to 
the wicked, forever; and furthermore, upon the 
same motive, I believe everythmg that the holy 
Church believes and teaches. In this faith and 
for this faith I desire to live and die. Grant, 
O Lord, that my life may be comformable with 
my faith, that my faith may be animated by 
good works, that I may never be ashamed to 
declare myself a Catholic, and may constantly 
maintain the interests of Thy holy religion. 
Draw closer to me, Lord, the bonds that bind me 
to Thy holy Church; put into my heart a spirit 
of perfect obedience to its Iawful pastors. In its 
bosom I became Thy child, and in its bosom I 
desire to live and die. 


At the Offertory 


ETERNAL Father, Who wast pleased to 

Institute this most Holy Sacrifice of the 
New Law, wherein Thy only-begotten Son might 
be offered to Thee; I offer the same to Thy divine 
Majesty, and in union therewith I offer myself, 
and all that Thou hast bestowed upon me. Look 
upon me, and have mercy upon me. 


At the Washing of the Fingers 


MY Jesus, would that Thou couldst bear 
witness to the holiness of my life and the 
innocence of my heart! But, with the Prophet, 
I must cry out: It is in Thy mercy only that I 
place my hope; my consolation is in meditating 
on Thy promises to the penitent heart, and Thy 


106 PRAYERS AT MASS 


faithfulness in performmg them: confounded at 
all that I have committed to this day, and en- 
couraged by the favors which Thou hast be- 
stowed upon me, I can but promise to correspond 
better with Thy graces than I have hitherto 
done. I will purify myself more and more with 
tears of penitence; I will bless Thee as I do this 
day; and I will sing of the wonders of Thy power 
and of Thy mercy. 


After the Washing of the Fingers 
MOST holy and adorable Trinity, vouchsafe 


to receive this our Sacrifice in remembrance 
of our Saviour’s Passion, Resurrection, and 
glorious Ascension: and grant that we may die 
with Him to our sins, rise with Him to a new life, 
and ascend with Him to Thee. Let those saints, 
whose memory we celebrate on earth, remember 
us before Thy throne in heaven, and obtain 
mercy for us, through the same Jesus Christ our 


Lord. 
At the Orate, Fratres 


HE creature can offer nothing to the Creator 

that can be worthy of His acceptance; I 
unite myself, therefore, to the sacrifice of Jesus 
Christ, which can alone merit anything in my 
behalf. I desire nothing but through Him and 
with Him. I have no wish beyond Him. O God 
of mercy, I seek nothing but Thy love. Gra- 
ciously accept the sacrifice of my heart and of 
my whole self, and may it, like the sacrifice of 
Jesus, be pleasing to Thee and unite us to Him. 


PRAYERS AT MASS 107 
At the Secret Prayer 
ERCIFULLY hear our prayer, O Lord, and 


graciously accept this oblation which we 
Thy servants make to Thee; and as we offer it 
to the honor of Thy Name, so may it be to us 
here a means of obtaining Thy grace, and life 
everlasting hereafter. 


(Or, for a Saint’s Day) 
ANCTIFY, O Lord, we beseech Thee, these 


gifts which we offer Thee in this solemnity 
of Thy holy servant N. and so strengthen us by 
Thy grace, that both in prosperity and adversity 
our ways may be ever directed to Thy honor. 


At the Preface 


LORD, do Thou Thyself lift up my heart 
to Thee. Take from it all unholy thoughts, 
allearthly affections. Lift it wholly up to.heaven, 
where Thou art worthily adored, and to the altar, 
where Thou art about to manifest Thyself to me. 
My life is but one continual succession of Thy 


mercies; let it be one continual succession -of 


thanksgivings: and as Thou art now about to 


renew the greatest of all sacrifices, is it not meet 


that I should burst forth, in expressions of heart? 
felt gratitude? Suffer me, then, to join my feeble 
voice with the voices of all the heavenly spirits, 
and in union with them to say, in a transport of 
joy and admiration: 


108 PRAYERS AT MASS 


HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD OF SABAOTH. 
HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE FULL OF THY GLORY. 
HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST. 

BLESSED IS HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF 
THE LORD. HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST. 


At the Canon 
ETERNAL and most merciful Father, be- 


hold, we come to offer Thee our homage 
this day: we desire to adore, praise, and glorify 
Thee, and to give Thee thanks for Thy great 
glory, joining our hearts and voices with all Thy 
blessed in heaven, and with Thy whole Church 
upon earth. But acknowledging our great un- 
worthiness and innumerable sins, for which we 
are heartily sorry, and humbly beg Thy pardon, 
we dare not venture to approach Thee other- 
wise than in company of Thy Son, our Advocate 
and Mediator, Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast - 
given us to be both our High Priest and Sacrifice. 
With Him, therefore, and through Him, we 
venture to offer Thee this Sacrifice; to His most 
sacred intentions we desire to unite ours; and 
with this offering which He makes of Himself, we 
desire to make an offering of our whole being to 
Thee. With Him, and through Him, we beseech 
Thee to exalt Thy holy Catholic Church through- 
out the whole world; to maintain her in peace, 
unity, holiness, and truth; to have mercy on all 
poor sinners; that we may be converted to Thee, 





PRAYERS AT MASS 109 


finding mercy, through Jesus Christ Thy Son; 
through Whom we hope one day to be admitted 
into the company of all Thy saints and elect, 
whose memory we here celebrate, whose prayers 
' we desire, and with whom we communicate in 
these holy mysteries. 


When the Priest Spreads bis Hands Over 
the Oblation 


Here the bell is rung to announce the approaching con- 

secration. 

IVE ear, we beseech Thee, to the prayers of 

Thy servant, who ts here appointed to make 
this oblation in our behalf; and grant it may be 
effectual for the obtaining of all those blessings 
which he asks for us. 

Behold, O Lord, we all here offer to Thee, 
in this bread and wine, the symbols of our perfect 
union. Grant, O Lord, that they may be made 
for us the true Body and Blood of Thy dear 
Son; that, being consecrated to Thee by this 
holy Victim, we may live in Thy service, and 
depart this life in Thy grace. 


At the Elevation 
MY LORD AND MY GOD 


These words are to be said with faith, piety and love 
while looking upon the Blessed Sacrament, either during 
the Elevation in the Mass, or when it is exposed on the 
altar. (Ind. of 7 years and 7 quarantines. — Pius X. 
May 18, 1907.) 


ITO PRAYERS AT MASS 
At the Memento for the Dead 


OFFER Thee again, O Lord, this Holy 

Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Thine 
only Son, in behalf of the faithful departed, and in 
particular for the souls of [bere name whom you 
chiefly purpose to pray for] my parents [if dead,] 
relatives, benefactors, neighbors, etc. Likewise 
of such as I have in any way injured, or been the 
occasion of their sins; of such as have injured 
me, and been my enemies; of such as die in war, 
or have none to pray for them. To these, O 
Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we 
beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, light, and 
peace. 


At the Nobis quoque peccatoribus 


OUCHSAFE to grant the same to us, poor 

and miserable sinners: judge us not ac- 
cording to our demerits; but through the infinite 
multitude of Thy mercies, in which we hope, 
liberally extend to us Thy grace and pardon. 

We ask it of Thee in the name of Thy dear 
Son, Who liveth and reigneth eternally with 
Thee, and in that form of prayer which He Him- 
self has taught us. 


At the Pater Noster 


UR Father, Who reignest in heaven, come 
and reign in my soul, come and sanctify it 
by Thy presence; come and subject it to Thy 
holy will, and render it obedient to the inspirations 
of Thy grace. Extinguish in my heart every 
feeling of hatred and revenge; forgive me as I 


PRAYERS AT MASS III 


forgive. Grant to me such wisdom and such 
strength that I may triumph over all tempta- 
tions. Deliver me from all those evils which op- 
press me, and under which I groan. I come to 
Thee, as a child to his father, to be fed; as a 
subject to his prince, to be protected; as one 
afflicted, to his only succor, to be consoled and 
comforted. 


At the Libera nos 
ELIVER us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from 


all evils past, present, and to come; and 
by the intercession of Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, 
and of all the saints, mercifully grant peace in 
our days, that by the assistance of Thy holy 
grace we may be always free from sin and secure 
from all disturbance. 


At the Pax Domini 
HY Body was broken, and Thy Blood shed 


for us: grant that the commemoration of 
this holy mystery may obtain for us peace; and 
that those who receive it may find everlasting 
rest. 

O Lamb of God, pure and spotless Victim, Who 
only canst satisfy the justice of an offended God, 
| vouchsafe to make me partaker of the merits of 
Thy sacrifice. What lessons of humility, meek- 
ness, charity, and patience dost Thou not give 
me! Impress these virtues upon my heart, that 
it may be to Thee a pleasant habitation, wherem 
Thou mayest repose as in an abode of peace. 


112 PRAYERS AT MASS 
After the Agnus Dei 


N saying to Thy Apostles, Peace I leave with 
you, My peace I give unto you; Thou hast 
promised, O Lord, to all Thy Church, that peace 
which the world cannot give — peace with Thee, 
and peace with ourselves. 

Let nothing, O Lord, ever interrupt this holy 
peace; let nothing separate us from Thee, to 
Whom we heartily desire to be united through 
the blessed Sacrament of peace and reconciliation. 
Let this food of angels strengthen us in every 
Christian duty, so as never more to yield under 
temptations, or fall into our common weaknesses. 


At the Domine, non sum dignus 


OD only can be worthy of receiving God; 
how, then, can a soul so sinful as mine merit 
so great a happiness! But Thou, O Lord, re- 
gardest not Thy greatness, but Thy mercy. Thou 
willest that I come to Thee, as one sick to the 
physician who can heal him, as one poor to the 
rich man who can assist him. O God of love, 
behold at Thy feet the poorest, the most infirm 
of Thy creatures. Unite me to Thyself, and I 
shall become rich and whole in Thy sight. Work, 
I beseech Thee, this miracle, worthy of Thy 
omnipotence and charity. 


While the Priest Communicates 
SACRED Banquet, in which Christ is 


received, the memory of His Passion is 
renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a 
pledge of future glory is given to us! 





PRAYERS AT MASS 113 


Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we may so reverence 
the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, 
that we may ever find in ourselves the fruits of 
Thy Redemption. 


Act of Spiritual Communion for Those Who 


Do Not Intend to Communicate 


MY most loving Saviour, since I cannot 

have the happiness of receiving Thee this 
day, suffer me to gather up the precious crumbs 
that fall from Thy table, and to unite myself 
to Thy divine Heart by faith, hope, and charity. 
I confess I do not deserve the children’s bread; 
but I venture humbly to declare that, away from 
Thee, my soul is dried up with thirst, and my 
heart cast down with faintness. Come, then, 
into me, O my divine Jesus! come into my mind, 
to illuminate it with Thy light; come into my 
heart, to enkindle in it the fire of Thy love, and 
to unite it so intimately with Thine own, that 
it may be no more I that live, but Thou that 
livest In me, and reignest in me forever. 


Prayer During the Ablutions 
RANT us, O Lord, a part in the fruits of 


Thy death and Passion, the sacred memory 
of which we have this day commemorated. I 
adore Thy goodness, O gracious Lord, for Thy 
inestimable favor in admitting me to be present 
again at that Holy Sacrifice, where Thou art both 
Priest and Victim. Oh, make me always sensible 


114 PRAYERS AT MASS 


of so great a blessing, and let not my unworthi- 
ness put a bar to Thy mercy and goodness. 


At the Communion 


ET it be now, O Lord, the effect of Thy | 

mercy, that we, who have been present at 
this Holy Mystery, may find the benefit of it in 
our souls, 

How sweet, O Lord, ts Thy spirit; Who, to 
show Thy sweetness toward Thy children, givest | 
them the most delicious Bread from heaven, and 
sendest the proud away empty. 


At the Postcommunions 


OUR forth upon us, O Lord, the spirit of 
Thy love, that, by Thy mercy, Thou mayest 
make those of one mind whom Thou hast fed with 
one celestial food.’ Through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity 
of the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen. 

We give Thee thanks, O God, for Thy mercy, 
in admitting us to have a part in offering this 
Sacrifice to Thy holy Name: accept it now to 
Thy glory, and be ever mindful of our weakness. 


For a Saint’s Day 


E have received heavenly mysteries, O Lord, 
in the commemoration of the Blessed Mary 
ever Virgin, of blessed N., and all Thy saints; 
grant, we beseech Thee, that what we celebrate 
In time, we may obtain in the joys of eternity. 


Through Christ our Lord. 








PRAYERS AT MASS 1154 
At the Last Gospel 
ETERNAL Word, speak to my soul, which 


adores Thee in profound silence; Thou 

Who art the great Creator of all things, abandon 
| not, I beseech Thee, Thy own creature; be Thou 
my life, my light, and my all. 

O Light Eternal, enlighten me as to this present 
life, and in the life to come. 

Reign in me as in Thine own mheritance; for 
Thou, O Lord, hast made me; Thou hast re- 
deemed me. May I be ever Thine! 


PRAYERS ORDERED BY POPE LEO XIII 
To be said kneeling after the celebration of Low Mass 


The priest with the people recites the Hail Mary thrice: 
then the following prayers. 


Salve Regina 


AIL! holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, 
our sweetness, and our hope! ‘To thee do 
we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee 
do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping 
in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious 
advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us, and 
after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit 
of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O 
sweet Virgin Mary! 
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the 
promises of Christ. 


116 PRAYERS AT MASS 
Let us Pray 


GOD, our refuge and our strength, look 

down with favor upon Thy people, who cry 
to Thee; and through the intercession of the 
glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother 
of God, of her spouse, Blessed Joseph, of Thy 
Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, and of all the 
Saints, mercifully and graciously hear the prayers, 
which we pour forth to Thee, for the conversion 
of sinners and the liberty and exaltation of Holy 
Mother the Church, through the same Christ our 
Eords= Amen: 


Gy" . MICHAEL the Archangel, defend us in bat- 
tle; be our protection against the malice and 
snares of the devil. We humbly beseech Thee, O 
God, to command him; and do Thou, O prince 
of the heavenly host, by the divme power thrust 
into hell Satan and the other evil spirits who 
roam through the world seeking the destruction 
of souls. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Leo Xu. Sept. 25, 1888.) 
(Ind. of 7 years, 7 quarantines. — Pius X. June 7, 1904.) 


Then is said three times the ejaculation: Most Sacred 
Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. 


Prayers for Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on 
page 19 








Daily Mass for the Dead 


OFFERING BEFORE MASS 
Prayer of St. Alphonsus 


Y God! I recommend to Thee the souls of 

my relatives, my benefactors, my friends, 
and my enemies, and of those who are in pur- 
gatory on my account. 

I recommend to Thee the souls of evangelical 
Jaborers, of religious and priests, and especially 
of those who had charge of my soul. 

I recommend to Thee the souls of those who 
were most devout to the Passion of our Lord, 
to the Blessed Sacrament, to the sacred Heart 
of Jesus, and to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the 
souls who are most abandoned, those who suffer 
most, and those who are nearest to entrance into 
paradise. 


118 


MASS FOR THE DEAD 


THE BEGINNING OF THE MASS 
Prayers at the Foot of the Altar 


Priest. In nomine Pa- 
tris, Fk et Fil, et Spiri- 
tus Sancti. Amen. 


Ant. Introibo ad al- 
tare Dei. 

Ministers. Ad Deum, 
quiletificat juventutem 
meam. 

P. Adjutorium nos- 
trum in nomine Domini. 

M. Qui fecit caelum 
et terram. 


Priest. In the Name 
of the Father, 44 and of 
the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. Amen. 

Ant. I will go unto 
the altar of God. 


Ministers. ‘To God, 
Who giveth joy to my 
youth. 


P. Our help is m the 
name of the Lord. 


M. Who hath made 


heaven and earth. 


Then the priest says the Confiteor: 


P. Confiteor Deo 
omnipotenti, etc. 

M. Misereatur tut 
omnipotens Deus, et 
dimissis peccatis tuis, 
perducat te ad vitam 
zternam. 


P. Amen. 


PIT On fe $73ta 
almighty God, ete. 

M. May almighty 
God have mercy upon 
thee, and forgive thee 
thy sins, and bring thee 
unto life everlasting. 

P. Amen. 


The Ministers now say the Confiteor in bebalf of the 


people: 
Ce RGEOR Deo 
omnipotenti, 
beatze Mariza semper 
Virgini, beato Michaeli 


CONFESS. ‘tej 

almighty God, to 
blessed Mary ever Vir- 
gin, to blessed Michael 





MASS FOR 


Archangelo, beato 
Joanni Baptiste, sanctis 
Apostolis Petro et 
Paulo, omnibus Sanctis 
(et tibi, Pater) quia pec- 
cavi nimis cogitatione, 
verbo, et opere, mea 
culpa, mea culpa, mea 
maxima culpa. Ideo 
precor beatam Mariam 
semper Virgmem, be- 
atum Michaelem Arch- 
angelum, beatum Joan- 
nem Baptistam, sanctos 
Apostolos Petrum et 
Paulum, omnes Sanc- 
tos et te, Pater, orare 
pro me ad Dommum 
Deum nostrum. 


P. Misereatur vestri 
omnipotens Deus, et 
dimissis peccatis ves- 
tris, perducat vos ad 
vitam eternam. 


M. Amen. 

P. Indulgentiam, 
absolutionem, et remis- 
sionem peccatorum 


THE DEAD 119 


the archangel, to 
blessed John the Bap- 
tist, to the holy apos- 
tles Peter and Paul, 
and to all the saints 
(and to you, Father) 
that I have sinned ex- 
ceedingly in thought, 
word, and deed, through 
my fault, through my 
fault, through my most 
grievous fault. ‘There- 
fore I beseech blessed 
Mary ever Virgin, 
blessed Michael the 
archangel, blessed John 
the Baptist, the holy 
apostles, Peter and 
Paul, and all the saints 
and you, Father, to 
pray to the Lord our 
God, for me. 


P. May almighty 
God have mercy on 
you and, having for- 
given you your sins, 
bring you to life ever- 
lasting. 

M. Amen. 

P. May the almighty 
and merciful God grant 
us pardon, absolution, 


120 


nostrorum, tribuat 
nobis omnipotens et 
misericors Dominus. 
M. Anien. 
V. Deus, tu con- 
versus vivificabis nos. 


R. Et plebs tua leta- 
bitur in te. 

V. Ostende nobis, 
Domine, misericordiam 
tuam. 

R. Et salutare tuum 
da nobis. 

V. Domine, exaudi 
orationem meam. 

R. Et clamor meus 
ad te veniat. 


MASS FOR THE DEAD 


and remission of our 
sins. 


M. Amen. 
V. Thou wilt turn 
again, O God, and 


quicken us. 
R. And Thy people 
will rejoice in Thee. 


V. Show us, O Lord, 
Thy mercy. 


R. And grant us Thy 
salvation. 

V. O Lord, hear my 
prayer. 

R. And let my cry 
come unto Thee. 

V. The Lord be with 
you. 

R. And with 
spirit. 

Let us pray. 


thy 


Going up to the altar the priest says silently: 


V. Dominus — vobis- 
cum. 
R. Et cum = spiritu 
tuo. 
Oremus. 
UFER a= nobis, 
quesumus,  Do- 


mine, Iniquitates nos- 
tras: ut ad_= sancta 
sanctorum puris merea- 
mur mentibus imtroire. 
Per Christum Domt- 
num nostrum. Amen. 


AKE away from us 

our iniquities, we 
beseech Thee, O Lord; 
that we may be worthy 
to enter with pure 
minds into the Holy of 
holies. Through Christ 


our Lord. Amen. 





MASS FOR THE DEAD 


RAMUS te, Do- 

mine, per merita 
sanctorum tuorum quo- 
rum reliquize hic sunt, 
et omnium sanctorum, 
ut indulgere digneris 
omnia peccata mea. 
Amen. 


I2I 


E beseech ‘Thee, 

O Lord, by the 
merits of Thy saints 
whose relics are here, 
and of all the saints, 
that Thou  wouldst 
vouchsafe to forgive me 
all my sins. Amen. 


The Introit 


EQUIEM eter- 
nam dona eis, Do- 
mine: et lux perpetua 
luceat eis. Ps. 64, 2-3. 
Te decet hymnus Deus 
in Sion; et tibi reddetur 
votum in Jerusalem: 
exaudi orationem 
mean; ad te omnis 


ERNAL rest give 

to them, O Lord; 
and let perpetual light 
shine upon _ them. 
Ps. 64, 2-3. A hymn, O 
God, becometh Thee in 
Sion; and a vow shall 
be paid to Thee in Jeru- 
salem: O Lord, hear my 


caro veniet. Requiem, | prayer; all flesh shall 
etc. 1s repeated. cometo Thee. Eternal 
rest, etc, 
The Kyrie 


YRIE, eleison, 
Ministers. Kyrie 
eleison, 
P. Kyrie eleison, 


ORD, have mercy, 
Ministers. Lord, 

have mercy, 
P. Lord, have mercy, 


122 MASS FOR 


M. Christie eleison, 
P. Christe eleison, 
M. Christe eleison, 


P. Kyrie eleison, 
M. Kyrie eleison, 


P. Kyrie eleison. 


THE DEAD 

M. Christ, have 
mercy, 

P. Christ, have 
mercy, 

M. Christ, have 
mercy, 

P. Lord have mercy, 

M. Lord, have 
mercy, 


P. Lord, have mercy. 


The Collect 


V. Dominus  vobis- 
cum. 
R. Et cum 


tuo. 


spiritu 


FOR BISHOPS 


Oremus 
BUSS aqui 
apostolicos 
dotes famulos  tuos 
pontificali (vel sacer- 
dotali) fecisti dignitate 
vigere, presta, que- 
sumus, ut  eorum 
quoque perpetuo aggre- 
gentur consortio. Per 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. 


inter 
sacer- 


V. The Lord be with 


you. 
R. And with thy 
spirit. 
OR PRIESTS 
Let us Pray 
GOD, Who among 


Thy apostolic 
priests didst adorn Thy 
servants with the pon- 
tifical (or priestly) dig- 
nity, grant, we beseech 
Thee, that they may 
also be associated with 
Thine apostles in ever- 
lasting fellowship. 
Through Christ our 
Lord. i 





MASS FOR THE DEAD 


123 


FOR DECEASED BRETHREN, FRIENDS, 
AND BENEFACTORS 


EUS veniz largi- 
tor, et humane 
salutis amator: que- 
sumus clementiam 
tuam; ut nostre con- 
gregationis fratres, 
propinquos, et bene- 
factores, qui ex hoc 
seculo transierunt 
beata Maria semper 
Virgine intercedente 
cum omnibus sanctis 
tuis, ad perpetue beati- 
tudinis consortium per- 
venire concedas. 


GOD, Who §art 

ever ready to for- 
give sins and Who ever 
seekest the salvation 
of men: we _ most 
humbly entreat of Thy 
mercy that, through 
the intercession of 
Blessed Mary, ever a 
Virgin and of all Thy 
saints, the brethren, 
friends, and benefactors 
of our congregation, 
who have passed out 
of this world, may to- 
gether enjoy that hap- 
piness which hath no 
end. 


FOR THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED 


IDELIUM Deus 

omnium conditor 
et redemptor; anima- 
bus famulorum famu- 
Jarumque tuarum re- 
missionem cunctorum 
tribue peccatorum; ut 
indulgentiam, quam 
semper optaverunt, plis 


GOD the Creator 

and Redeemer of 
all the faithful, to the 
souls of Thy servants 
and of Thine hand- 
maidens grant the 
pardon of all their sins, 
that, through our de- 
yout prayers, they may 


124 MASS FOR THE DEAD 
supplicationibus con- | rejoice in the full for- 
sequantur. Qui vivis, | giveness for which at 
etc. all times they have 
hoped. Who livest, ete. 
The Epistle 

Lectio libri Apoca- Lesson from the 
lypsis beati Joannis | book of the Apocalypse 
Apostoli. (xiv, 13.) of St. John the Apos- 


N diebus illis: Au- 
divi vocem de 
celo, dicentem mihi: 
Scribe: Beati mortui, 
qui in Domino moriun- 
tur. Amodo jam dicit 
Spiritus, ut requiescant 
a Jaboribus suis: opera 
enim Ulorum sequuntur 
illos. 


Gradual. Requiem 
geternam dona eis, Do- 
mine; et lux perpetua 
luceat eis. V. Ps. 111, 
7. In memoria externa 
erit justus; ab audi- 
tione mala non timebit. 


Tractus. Absolve, Do- 


mine, animas omnium 


tle. (xiv, 13.) 

N those days, I 
heard a voice from 
heaven, saying to me, 
Write, Blessed are the 
dead, who die in the 
Lord. From hence- 
forth now, saith the 
Spirit, that they may 
rest from their labors, 
for their works follow 
them. 

Gradual. Eternal 
rest give to them, O 
Lord; and let perpetual 
light shine upon them. 
V. Ps. 111,7. The just 
shall be in everlasting 
remembrance; he shall 
not fear the evil hearing. 

Tract. Loose, O 
Lord, the souls of the 


MASS FOR THE DEAD 


fidelitum defunctorum 
ab omni vinculo delic- 
torum: V. Et gratia 
tua ilis succurrente, 
mereantur evadere ju- 
dicium ultionis: V. Et 
lucis eterne beatitu- 
dine perfrul. 


125 


faithful departed from 
every bond of sin: 
V. Helped by Thy 
grace, may they be 
counted worthy to es- 
cape from the avenging 
judgment: V. And 
evermore in joy to look 
upon that light which 
is Thyself. 


The Sequence 


1 Biles ire, dies illa 


Solvet seclum in fa- 
villa, 
Teste David cum 


Sibylla. 


Quantus tremor est 
futurus, 

Quando Judex est ven- 
turus, 

Cuncta stricte discus- 
surus! 


Tuba mirum spargens 
sonum 

Per sepulchra 
num, 

Coget omnes ante thro- 
num. 


regio- 


AY of wrath, O 
Day of mourning, 
Lo, the world in ashes 
burning — 
Seer and Sibyl gave the 
warning. 
O what fear man’s 
bosom rendeth, 
When from heaven the 
Judge descendeth, 
On whose sentence all 
dependeth! 


Wondrous sound the 
trumpet flingeth, 

Through earth’s sepul- 
chres it ringeth, 

All before the throne it 
bringeth. 


MASS FOR 


126 


Mors stupebit et natura, 
Cum resurget creatura, 


Judicanti responsura. 


Liber scriptus profere- 
Hw, 

In quo totum contine- 
tur, 

Unde mundus judicetur. 


Judex ergo cum sedebit, 


Quidquid latet appare- 
bit: 
Nil inultum remanebit. 


Quid sum miser tunc 
dicturus? 

Quem patronum roga- 
turus, 

Cum vix justus sit secu- 
rus? 


Rex tremende majes- 
tatis, 

Qui salvandos  salvas 
gratis 


THE DEAD 


Death is struck, and 
nature quaking, 

Atiecne ait 1Omyis 
awaking — 

To its Judge an answer 
making. 


Lo, the book, exactly 
worded, 

Wherein all hath been 
recorded — 

Thence shall judgment 
be awarded. 


When the Judge His 
seat attaineth, 

And each hidden deed 
arraigneth, 

Nothing unavenged re- 
maineth. 


What shall I, frail man, 
be pleading? 

Who for me be inter- 
ceding 

When the just 
mercy needing? 


are 


King, of majesty tre- 
mendous, 

Who dost free salvation 
send us. 





MASS FOR THE DEAD 


Salva me, fons pietatis. 


Recordare, Jesu pie, 


Quod sum causa tue 
vie; 
Né me perdas illa die. 


Querens me, sedisti Ias- 
sus; 

Redemisti, crucem 
passus: 

Tantus labor non sit 
cassus. 


Juste Judex ultionis, 
Donum fac remissionis 


Ante diem rationis. 


Ingemisco tanquam 
reus, 

Culpa rubet  vultus 
meus; 

Supplicanti parce, 
Deus. 


Qui Mariam absolvisti, 


127 


Fount of pity, then 
befriend us. 


Think, kind Jesus, my 
salvation 

Caused Thy wondrous 
Incarnation — 

Leave me not to repro- 
bation. 


Faint and weary Thou 
hast sought me, 

On the cross of suffering 
bought me; 

Shall such grace be 
vainly brought me? 


Righteous Judge of ret- 
ribution, 

Grant Thy gift of ab- 
solution 

Ere that reck’ning 
day’s conclusion. 


Guilty, now I pour my 
moaning, 

All my shame with 
anguish owning: 

Spare, O God, Thy sup- 


pliant groaning. 


Thou the sinful Mary 


savest, 


128 


Et Jatronem exaudisti, 


Mihi quoque spem de- 
disti. 


Preces mez non sunt 
digne: 

Sed tu bonus fac be- 
nigne, 

Ne perenni cremer igne. 


Inter oves locum 
presta, 

Et ab hoedis me se- 
questra, 

Statuens in parte dex- 
tra. 


Confutatis maledictis, 


Flammis acribus ad- 
dictis, 
Voca me cum _ bene- 


dictis. 
Oro supplex et acclinis, 
Cor contritum quasi 


cinis: 
Gere curam mei finis. 


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Thou the dyimg thief 


forgavest, 
And to me a_ hope 
vouchsafest. 
Worthless are my 


prayers and sighing, 
Yet, good Lord, in 
grace complying, 
Rescue me from fires 
undying. 


With Thy favored 
sheep, oh, place me; 
Nor among the goats 
abase me, | 
But to Thy right hand 


upraise me. 


While the wicked are 
confounded, 

Doomed to flames of 
woe unbounded, 

Call me, with Thy 


saints surrounded. 


Low I kneel, with 
heart submission; 

See, like ashes, my con- 
trition — 

Help me in my last 
condition. 








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Lacrymosa dies illa, 
Qua resurget ex favilla 


Judicandus homo reus. 


Huic ergo parce, Deus: 
Pie Jesu Domine, 


Dona eis requiem. 
Amen. 


129 


Ah, that day of tears 
and mourning, 

From the dust of earth 
returning, 

Man for Judgment 
must prepare him — 


Spare, O God, in mercy 
spare him. 

Lord, Who didst our 
souls redeem, 

Granta blesséd requiem. 
Amen. 


Munda Cor Meum 


UNDA cor meum, 

ac labia mea, om- 
nipotens Deus, qui la- 
bia Isaie Prophete 
calculo mundasti_ ig- 
nito: ita me tua grata 
miseratione dignare 
mundare, ut sanctum 
Evangelium tuum digne 


valeam nuntiare. Per 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. 


Amen. 


LEANSE my heart 

and my lips, O 
almighty God, Who 
didst cleanse with a 
burning coal the lips 
of the Prophet Isaias; 
and vouchsafe in Thy 
loving kindness so to 
purify me that I may 
be enabled worthily to 


announce Thy holy 
Gospel. Through 
Christ our Lord. 

Amen. 


130 MASS FOR THE DEAD 
The Gospel 

V. Dominus _ vobis- V. The Lord be with 
cum. you. 

R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. spirit. 

- Sequentia sancti +4 Continuation of 
Evangelii © secundum | the holy Gospel ac- 


Joannem v1, 51-55. 


R. Gloria tibi, Do- 


mine. 


N ilo tempore: 

Dixit Jesus turbis 
Judzorum: Ego sum 
panis vivus, qui de czlo 
descendi. Si quis man- 
ducaverit ex hoc pane, 
vivet in eternum: et 
panis, quem ego dabo, 
caro mea est pro mundi 
vita. Litigabant ergo 
Judi ad invicem, di- 
centes: Quomodo po- 
test hic nobis carnem 
suam dare ad mandu- 
candum? Dixit ergo 
eis Jesus: Amen, amen 
dico vobis: Nisi man- 
ducaveritis carnem Filit 
hominis, et biberitis 
ejus sanguinem, non 


cording to John vi, s1- 


55+ 
R. Glory be to Thee, 
O Lord. 


T that time, Jesus 

said to the multi- 
tudes of the Jews: I 
am the living bread, 
which came down from 
heaven. If any man 
eat of this bread he 
shall live for ever: and 
the bread that I will 
give, is My flesh for the 
life of the world. The 
Jews therefore strove 
among themselves, say- 
ing, How can this man 
give us his flesh to eat? 
Then Jesus said to 
them, Amen, amen, I 
say unto you, Except 
you eat the flesh of the 
Son of man, and drink 


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habebitis vitam in vo- 
bis. Qui manducat 
meam carnem, et bibit 
meum sanguinem, ha- 
bet vitam eternam: et 
ego resuscitabo eum in 
novissimo die. 


131 
His blood, you shall 


not have life in you. 
He that eateth My 
flesh, and drinketh My 
blood, hath everlasting 
life: and I will raise 
him up in the last day. 


The Offertory 


V. Dominus _ vobis- 
cum. 

R.. Et. cum; spiritu 
tuo. 


Oremus. 


OMINE ees 


Oh TiS PENSE ek 
glorie, libera animas 
omnium fidelium de- 
functorum de pcoenis in- 
ferni, et de profundo 
Iacu; libera eas de ore 
leonis, ne absorbeat eas 
tartarus, ne cadant in 
obscurum; sed signifer 
sanctus Michael repre- 
sentet eas in lucem 
sanctam: Quam olim 
Abrahze promisisti, et 
semini ejus. V. Hos- 
tias et preces_ tibi, 
Domine, laudis offeri- 
mus: tu suscipe pro 


V. The Lord be with 
you. 

R. And with 
spirit. 

Let us pray. 


LORD Jesus 

Christ, Thou Who 
art the King of glory, 
save the souls of all the 
faithful departed from 
the pains of hell and 
from the deep pit; save 
them from the lion’s 
mouth, nor suffer the 
fiery Jake to swallow 
them up, nor endless 
darkness to enshroud 
them. Rather do Thou 
bid holy Michael, Thy 
standard-bearer, to 
bring them forth into 
glorious light: even as 
of old-time Thou didst 


thy 


132 


animabus illis, quarum 
hodie memoriam, faci- 
mus: fac eas, Domine, 
de morte transire ad 
vitam: Quam _ olim 
Abrahz promisisti, et 
semini ejus. 


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promise to Abraham 
and to his seed. V. To- 
gether with our prayers 
we offer Thee, O Lord, 
the sacrifice of praise: 
do Thou receive it in 
behalf of the souls 
whom this day we have 
in mind: Jead them, O 
Lord, from death into 
life. Even as of old- 
time thou didst promise 
to Abraham and to his 
seed. 


The Offering of the Bread and Wine 
ECEIVE, O holy 


SCIPE, sancte 

Pater, omnipotens 
zeterne Deus, hanc im- 
maculatam  hostiam, 
quam ego indignus fa- 
mulus tuus offero tibi 
Deo meo vivo et .vero, 
pro. imnumerabilibus 
peccatis, et offensioni- 
bus, et negligentiis meis, 
et pro omnibus circum- 
stantibus, sed et pro 
omnibus fidelibus Chris- 
tianis vivis atque de- 
functis: ut mihi et illis 
proficiat ad salutem in 
vitam eternam. Amen. 


Father, 
and eternal God, this 
spotless host, which I, 
Thine unworthy serv- 
ant, offer unto Thee, 
my living and true God, 
for my countless sins, 
trespasses, and omis- 
sions; likewise for all 
here present, and for all 
faithful Christians, 
whether living or dead, 
that it may avail both 
me and them to salva- 
tion, unto life everlast- 
ing. Amen. 


almighty | 








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133 


The priest pours wine and water into the Chalice. 


EUS, qui humane 

substantia digni- 
tatem mirabiliter con- 
didisti, et mirabilius re- 
formasti: da nobis per 
hujus aque et vini 
mysterium, ejus divini- 
tatis esse consortes, qui 
humanitatis nostre fieri 
dignatus est particeps, 
Jesus Christus Filius 
tuus Dominus noster: 
Qui tecum vivit et reg- 
nat in unitate Spiritus 
sancti Deus: per omnia 
secula seeculorum. 

Amen. 

Offerimus tibi, Do- 
mine, calicem salutaris, 
tuam deprecantes 
clementiam, ut in con- 
spectu divine majesta- 
tis tue, pro nostra et 
totius mundisalutecum 
odore suavitatis ascen- 
dat. 

Amen. 

In spiritu humilitatis 
et in animo contrito 
suscipamur a te, Do- 
mine, et sic fiat sacri- 
ficlum nostrum in con- 


GOD, Who in 
creating man didst 
exalt his nature very 
wonderfully, and still 
more wonderfully re- 
formed it, grant that, 
by the mystery of this 
water and wine, we 
may be made partakers 
of His divine nature, 
Who vouchsafed to be- 
come partaker of our 
human nature, namely, 
Jesus Christ our Lord, 
Thy Son, Who with 
Thee, in the unity, etc. 

Amen. 

We offer unto Thee, 
O Lord, the chalice of 
salvation, beseeching 
Thy clemency that it 
may ascend before Thy 
divine Majesty as a 
sweet odor for our 
salvation and for that 
of the whole world. 

Amen. 

Accept us, O Lord, 
in the spirit of humility 
and contrition of heart; 
and grant that the sac- 
rifice we offer in Thy 


134 


spectu tuo hodie, ut 
placeat tibi, Domine 
Deus. 

Veni sanctificator, 
omnipotens, eterne 
Deus, et benedic hoc 
sacrificlum tuo sancto 
nomini preparatum. 


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sight this day may be 
pleasing to Thee, O 
Lord God. 

Come, O almighty 
and eternal God, the 
sanctifier, and bless this 
sacrifice, prepared for 
the glory of Thy holy 
Name. 


The Washing of the Fingers 


AVABO inter in- 
nocentes manus 
meas: et circumdabo 
altare tuum, Domine. 
Ut audiam vocem 
laudis: et enarrem uni- 
versa mirabilia tua. 


Domine, dilext’ de- 
corem domus tus, et 
locum habitationis 
glorie tue. 


Ne perdas cum impiis, 
Deus, animam meam: 
et cum viris sanguinum 
vitam meam. 

In quorum manibus 
iniquitates sunt: dex- 
tera eorum repleta est 
muneribus. 

Ego autem in Inno- 


WILL wash my 
hands among the 
innocent: and will com- 
pass Thy altar, O Lord. 
That I may hear the 
voice of praise: and 
tell of all Thy marvel- 
Ious works. 

O Lord, I have loved 
the beauty of Thy 
house, and the place 
where Thy glory 
dwelleth. 

Take not away my 
soul, O God, with the 
wicked: nor my life 
with bloody men. 

In whose hands are 
iniquities: their right 
hand is filled with gifts. 


But as for me, I have 


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centia mea _ ingressus 
sum; redime me, et 
miserere mel. 

Pes meus stetit in 
directo: in_ ecclesiis 
benedicam te, Domine. 


Prayer to the 
USCIPE,  sancta 


Trinitas, hance ob- 
Jationem, quam tibi 
offerimus ob memoriam 
passionis, resurrec- 


tionis, et ascensionis 
Jesu. Christr Domini 
nostri: et in honorem 


beatae Marie semper 
virginis, et beati Joan- 
nis Baptista, et sanc- 
torum apostolorum 
Petri et Pauli, et is- 
torum, et omnium 
sanctorum: ut illis pro- 
ficiat ad honorem, nobis 
autem ad salutem: et 
ili pro nobis  inter- 
cedere dignentur in 
celis, quorum memo- 
riam agimus in telris. 
Per eumdem Christum 
Dominum nostrum. 
Amen. 


135 


walked In my _ iInno- 
cence; redeem me, and 
have mercy on me. 

My foot hath stood 
in the direct way: in 
the churches I will bless 
Thee, O Lord. 


Blessed Trinity 


ECEIVE; 0” holy 

Trinity, this ob- 
Jation offered up by us 
to Thee in memory of 
the Passion, Resurrec- 
tion, and Ascension of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and in honor of blessed 
Mary, ever a virgin, 
of blessed John the 
Baptist, of the holy 
apostles Peter and 
Paul, of these, and of 
all the saints, that it 
may be available to 
their honor and to our 
salvation; and may 
they whose memory we 
celebrate on earth 
vouchsafe to intercede 
for us in heaven. 
Through the same 
Chrrs't’o urjpbomdt 


Amen. 


136 


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The Orate Fratres 


RATE, fratres, ut 
meum ac vestrum 
sacrifictum acceptabile 
fiat apud Deum Patrem 
omnipotentem. 

Server. Suscipiat 
Dominus sacrifictum de 
manibus tuis, ad lau- 
dem et gloriam nominis 
sul, ad utilitatem quo- 
que nostram, totiusque 
Ecclesize sue sancte. 


RETHREN, pray 
that my sacrifice 
and yours may be well 
pleasing to God the 
Father almighty. 
Server. May the Lord 
receive this sacrifice at 
thy hands to the praise 
and glory of His Name, 
to our own benefit, and 
to that of all His Holy 
Church. 


The Secret Prayers 


FOR DECEASED BISHOPS AND PRIESTS 


USCIPE, Domine, 
quesumus pro 
animabus famulorum 
tuorum pontificum (seu 
sacerdotum), quas offe- 
rimus hostias: ut qui- 
bus in hoc seeculo ponti- 
ficale (seu sacerdotale), 
donasti meritum, in 
celesti regno — sanc- 
torum tuorum jubeas 
jungi consortio. Per 
Dominum. 


ECEIVE, we _ be- 

seech Thee, O 
Lord, for the souls of 
departed bishops (or 
priests), Thy servants, 
the sacrifice we offer: 
in this world Thou 
didst raise them to 
pontifical (or sacerdo- 
tal rank), bid them 
now to enter into the 
company of Thy saints. 
Through Christ our 
Lord. 


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137 


FOR DECEASED BRETHREN, FRIENDS, 
AND BENEFACTORS 


EUS cujus miseri- 

cordiz non est nu- 
merus, suscipe propi- 
tius preces humilitatis 
nostre: et animabus 
fratrum, propinquo- 
rum et benefactorum 
nostrorum, quibus tui 
nominis dedisti confes- 
sionem, per hee sacra- 
menta salutis nostre, 
cunctorum remissionem 
tribue peccatorum. 


GOD, Whose 


mercy is bound- 
Icss, favorably receive 
our humble prayers, 


and by means of these 
sacraments of our sal- 
vation, grant to the 
souls of our brethren, 
kinsfolk and _ benefac- 
tors, who by Thy grace 
did confess Thy Name, 
the remission of all their 
sins. 


FOR ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED 


OSTIAS quesumus 

Domine, quas tibt 
pro animabus famulo- 
rum _ famularumque 
tuarum offerimus pro- 
pitiatus imtende: ut 
quibus fidet christians 
meritum contulisti do- 
nes et premium. Per 
Dominum nostrum Je- 
sum Christum, Filtum 
tuum, qui tecum vivit 
et regnat, in unitate 
Spiritus Sancti Deus. 


ERCIFULLY look 

down upon. this 
sacrifice which we offer 
to Thee for the souls of 
Thy servants, O Lord, 
we beseech Thee; that 
to those to whom Thou 
didst grant the merit 
of Christian faith, Thou 
mayest also grant its 
reward. Through Jesus 
Christ, Thy Son our 
Lord, Who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee in 
the unity of the Holy 
Ghost. 


138 


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The Preface 


V. Per omnia secula 
szeculorum. 

R. Amen. 

V. Dominus 
cum. 

R. Et cum spiritu 
tuo. 

V. Sursum corda. 


vobis- 


R. Habemus ad Do- 
minum. 

V. Gratias agamus 
Domino Deo nostro. 


R. Dignum et jus- 
tum est. 


ERE dignum et 

Justumest, equum 
et salutare, nos tibi 
semper, et ubique 
gratias agere; Domine 
sancte, Pater omni- 
potens, e«terne Deus; 
per Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. In quo 
nobis spes beat resur- 
rectionis effulsit, ut 
quos contristat certa 
moriendi conditio, eos- 


V. World without 
end. 

R. Amen. 

V. The Lord be with 
you. 

R. And with 
spirit. 

Vietatt- up 
hearts. 

R. We lift them up 
unto the Lord. 

VER etirs give 
thanks to the Lord our 
God. 

Rant 


just. 


thy 


your 


is meet and 


T is truly meet 

and just, right and 
salutary, that we should 
always, and in all 
places, give thanks to 
Thee, O holy Lord, 
Father almighty, eter- 
nal God. Through 
Christ our Lord; in 
Whom the hope of a 
happy resurrection has 
shone on us, so that 
those whom the certain 


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dem consoletur future 
Immortalitatis promis- 
sio. Tuis enim  fide- 
libus, Domine, vita 
mutatur, non tollitur, 
et dissoluta terrestris 
hujus incolatus domo 
vterna in celis habi- 
tatio comparatur. Et 
ideo cum Angelis et 
Archangelis, cum Thro- 
nis et Dominationibus, 
cumque omni militia 
celestis exercitus, hym- 
num gloria tue cani- 
mus, sine fine dicentes: 


ANCTUS, Sanctus, 

Sanctus, Dominus 
Deus Sabaoth. Pleni 
sunt celi et terra gloria 
tua. Hosanna in ex- 
celsis. Benedictus qui 
venit In nomine Do- 
mint Hosanna in 
excelsis. 


139 


fate of dying renders 
sad, may be consoled 
by the promise of 
future immortality. 
For with regard to Thy 
faithful, O Lord, life is 
changed, not taken 
away, and the house of 
their earthly dwelling 
being destroyed, an 
eternal dwelling in 
heaven is obtained. 
And therefore with 
angels and archangels, 
with thrones and domi- 
nations, and with all 
the army of heaven, we 
sing a hymn to Thy 
glory saying without 
ceasing: 


OLY, Holy, Holy. 
Lord God of hosts, 
Heaven and earth are 
full of Thy glory. Ho- 
sanna in the _ highest. 
Blessed is He who 
cometh in the name of 
the Lord. Hosanna in 
the highest. 


140 


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THE CANON 


E igitur, clementis- 

sime Pater, per 
Jesum Christum Filium 
tuum Dominum nos- 
trum, supplices roga- 
mus ac petimus, uti 
accepta habeas, et 
benedicas, hee dona, 
hec munera, hec 
sancta sacrificia illibata, 
imprimis que tibi 
offerimus pro Ecclesia 
tua sancta catholica, 
quam pacificare custo- 
dire, adunare, et regere 
digneris toto orbe ter- 
rarum, una cum famulo 
tuo Papa nostro N., et 
Antistite nostro N., et 
omnibus orthodoxis, at- 
que catholice et apos- 
tolicee fidei cultoribus. 


EMENTO, Do- 

mine, famulorum 
famularumque tuarum, 
N. et N. Et omnium 
circumstantium, quo- 
rum tibi fides cognita 
est et nota devotio, pro 
quibus tibi offerimus 


E therefore humbly 

pray and beseech 
Thee, most merciful 
Father, through Jesus 
Christ Thy Son our 
Lord, to accept and 
bless these gifts, these 
presents, these holy 
unspotted __ sacrifices, 
which in the first place 
we offer Thee for Thy 
holy Catholic Church, 
to which vouchsafe to 
grant peace, as also to 
preserve, unite and 
govern it throughout 
the world; together 
with Thy servant N., 
our Pope, and our 
Bishop N., as also all 
orthodox believers and 
professors of the Catho- 
lic and Apostolic faith. 


EMEMBER, O 

Lord, Thy serv- 
ants and handmaids, 
N. and N. And all here 
present whose faith and 
devotion are known 
unto Thee, for whom 
we offer, or who offer 





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vel qui tibi offerunt 
hoc sacrificium lJaudis, 
pro se, suisque omni- 
bus, pro redemptione 
animarum suarum, pro 
spe salutis et incolumi- 
tatis sue, tibique red- 
dunt vota sua, eterno 
Deo, vivo et vero. 


OMMUNICANTES 

et memoriam ve- 
nerantes, in primis glo- 
riose semper Virginis 
Marie, Genitricis Dei 
et Domini nostri Jesu 
Christi: sed et beato- 
rum Apostolorum ac 
Martyrum tuorum, 
Petri et Pauli, Andree, 
Jacobi, Joannis, Tho- 
mz, Jacobi, Philippi, 
Bartholomei, Matthei, 
Simonis et Thaddei, 
Lini, Cleti, Clementis, 
Xysti, Cornelii, Cy- 
priani, Laurenti, Chry- 
sogoni, Joannis et Paull, 
Cosme et Damiani, 
et omnium Sanctorum 


141 


up to Thee, this sacri- 
fice of praise, for them- 


selves, their families, 
and friends, for the 
redemption of their 


souls, for the health and 
salvation they hope for, 
and for which they now 
pay their vows unto 
Thee, the eternal, liv- 
ing, and true God. 


N communion 

with, and honor- 
ing the memory, es- 
pecially of the glorious 
ever Virgin Mary, 
Mother of our Lord 
and God Jesus Christ; 
as also of Thy blessed 
apostles and martyrs, 
Peter and Paul, 
Andrew, James, John, 
Thomas, James, Philip, 


Bartholomew, Mat- 
thew, Simon and Thad- 
deus, Linus, Cletus, 


Clement, Sixtus, Cor- 
nelius, Cyprian, Law- 
rence, Chrysogonus, 
John and Paul, Cosmas 
and Damian, and all 


142 


tuorum; quorum meri- 
tis precibusque conce- 
das, ut in omnibus pro- 
tectionis tue muniamur 
auxilio. Per eumdem 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum., 


Amen. 


ANC igitur  obla- 

tionem _servitutis 
nostre, sed et cunctze 
familie tue, quesu- 
mus, Domine, ut placa- 
tus accipias: diesque 
nostros in tua pace dis- 
ponas, atque ab eterna 
damnatione nos eripl, 
et in electorum tuorum 
jubeas grege numerari. 


Per Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. 

Amen. 

UAM  oblationem 


tu, Deus, in om- 
nibus, quesumus bene- 
dictam, adscriptam, 
ratam, rationabilem, 
acceptabilemque facere 
digneris: ut nobis cor- 


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Thy saints; through 
whose merits and 
prayers grant that we 
may in all things be 
defended by the help 
of Thy protection. 


Through the same 
Christ, our Lord. 
Amen. 


HEREFORE, we 
beseech Thee, O 
Lord, graciously to re- 
ceive this oblation 
which we Thy servants, 
and with us Thy whole 
family, offer up _ to 
Thee: dispose our days 
in Thy peace; com- 
mand that we be saved 
from eternal damnation 
and numbered among 
the flock of Thine elect. 
Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


ND do Thou, O 

God, vouchsafe in 
all respects to bless, 
consecrate, and  ap- 
prove this our oblation, 
to perfect it and to 
render it well-pleasing 








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} 

pus et sanguis fiat dilec- 
tissimi Filtt tur Domini 
nostri Jesu Christi. 


QU! pridie quam 
pateretur, accepit 
panem in sanctas ac 
venerabiles manus suas, 
et elevatis oculis in 
celum ad te Deum 
Patrem suum omnipo- 
tentem, tibi  gratias 
-agens, benedixit, fregit, 
deditque discipulis suis, 


dicens: Accipite, et 
manducate ex hoc 
omnes. 


Hoc EST ENIM 
CorPUS MEUM. 


IMILI modo post- 

quam ccenatum 
est, accipiens et hunc 
preclarum calicem in 
sanctas ac venerabiles 
manus suas: Item tibi 
gratias agens benedixit, 
deditque discipulis suis, 
dicens: Accipite, et bi- 
bite ex eo omnes: 


143 


to Thyself, so that it 
may become for us the 
Body and Blood of Thy 
most beloved Son, 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 


HO, the day before 

He suffered, took 
bread into His holy and 
venerable hands, and 
having lifted up His 
eyes to heaven, to Thee, 
God, His almighty 
Father, giving thanks 
to Thee, did_ bless, 
break, and give unto 
His disciples, saying: 
All of you take and eat 
of this. 


For THis 1s My 
Bopy. 
N_ like manner, 


after He had 
supped, taking also into 
His holy and venerable 
hands this goodly 
chalice, again giving 
thanks to Thee, He 
blessed it, and gave it 
to His disciples, saying: 
All of you take and 
drink of this. 


144 


Hic EST ENIM CALIX 
SANGUINIS MEI, NOVI ET 
ZETERNI. TESTAMENTI: 
MYSTERIUM FIDEI, QUI 
PRO VOBIS ET PRO MUL- 
TIS EFFUNDETUR IN 
REMISSIONEM PECCA- 
TORUM. 


Hee quotiescumque 
feceritis, in mel memo- 
riam facietis. 


NDE et memores, 

Domine, nos servi 
tui, sed et plebs tua 
sancta, eyusdem Christi 
Filit tur Domini nostri, 
tam beat passionis, 
necnon et ab _ inferis 
resurrectionis, sed et 
in clos gloriosz ascen- 
sionis: offerimus pre- 
clare majestati tue de 
tuis donis ac datis, 
hostiam puram, hosti- 
am sanctam, hostiam 
immaculatam, panem 
sanctum vite eterne, 
et calicem.salutis 
perpetuz. 


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For THIS IS THE 
CHALICE OF My Boop, 
OF THE NEW AND EVER- 
LASTING TESTAMENT, 
THE MYSTERY OF FAITH, 
WHICH FOR YOU AND 
FOR MANY SHALL BE 
SHED UNTO THE RE- 
MISSION OF SINS. 

As often as ye shall do 
these things, ye shall do 
them in memory of Me. 


HEREFORE,. .O 

Lord, we, Thy 
servants, as also Thy 
holy people, calling to 
mind the blessed Pas- 
sion of the same Christ, 
Thy Son, our Lord, His > 
Resurrection from the 
grave, and His glorious 
Ascension into heaven, 
offer up to Thy most 
excellent majesty of 
Thine own gifts be- 
stowed upon us, a pure 
Victim, a holy Victim, 
an immaculate Victim, 
the holy Bread of 
eternal life, and the 
chalice of everlasting 
salvation. 


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yee que pro- 
pitio ac sereno 
vultu respicere digneris, 
et accepta habere sicutti 
accepta habere digna- 
tus es munera pueri tui 
justr Abel, et  sacrifi- 
cium Patriarche nostri 
Abrahe; et quod tibt 
obtulit summus sacer- 
dos tuus Melchisedech, 
sanctum sacrificum, Im- 
maculatam, hostiam. 


UPPLICES te ro- 

gamus, omnipotens 
Deus, jube hec perferri 
per manus sancti angeli 
tur in sublime altare, 
tuum, in conspectu di- 
vine majestatis tua, 
ut quotquot ex hac 
altaris  participatione 
sacrosanctum Filii tui 
corpus et sanguinem 
sumpserimus, 0 mn I 
benedictione celesti, et 
gratia repleamur. Per 
eumdem Christum Do- 
minum nostrum. 

Amen. 


145 


PON which vouch- 

safe to look with a 
propitious and serene 
countenance, and ac- 
cept them, as Thou 
didst vouchsafe to 
accept the gifts of Thy 
just servant Abel, and 
the sacrifice of our 
patriarch Abraham, 
and that which Thy 
highpriest | Melchise- 
dech offered to Thee, 
a holy sacrifice and an 
unspotted victim. 


OST humbly do we 

beseech Thee, al- 
mighty God, to com- 
mand these things to 
be carried by the hands 
of Thy holy angel to 
the altar on high, in 
sight of Thy divine 
majesty, that as many 
as shall partake of the 
most sacred Body and 
Blood of Thy Son at 
this altar may be filled 
with every heavenly 
grace and _ blessing. 
Through the same 
Christ our Lord. Amen, 


146 
EMENTO etiam, 


Domine, famulo- 
rum _ famularumque 
tuarum N. et N., qui 
nos precesserunt cum 
signo fidei, et dormiunt 
in somno pacis. 


PSIS, Domine, et 
omnibus in Christo 
quiescentibus, locum 
refrigerii, lucis et pacis, 
ut indulgeas, depreca- 
mur. Per eumdem 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. Amen. 


OBIS quoque pec- 

catoribus famulis 
tuis, de multitudine 
miserationum tuarum 
sperantibus, partem 
aliquam, et societatem 
donare digneris, cum 
tuis sanctis apostolis et 
martyribus: cum Jo- 
anne, Stephano, Mat- 
thia, Barnaba, Ignatio, 
Alexandro, Marcellino, 
Petro, Felicitate, Per- 
petua, Agatha, Lucia, 


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E mindful, O Lord, 

of Thy servants 

N. and N., who are 

gone before us with the 

sign of faith, and rest 
in the sleep of peace. 


O these, O Lord, 

and to all who 
rest in Christ, grant, we 
beseech Thee, a place 
of refreshment, light 
and peace. Through 
the same Christ our 


Lord. Amen. 


O us sinners, also, 
Thy servants, who 

put our trust in the 
multitude of Thy 
mercies, vouchsafe to 
grant some part and 
fellowship with Thy 
holy apostles and 
martyrs: with John, 
Stephen, Matthias, 
Barnabas, Ignatius, 
Alexander, Marcellinus, 
Peter, Felicity, Per- 
petua, Agatha, Lucy, 





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Agnete, Cecilia, Ana- 
stasia, et omnibus 
sanctis tuis: intra quo- 
rum nos consortium, 
non estimator meriti, 
sed venia, quesumus, 
Jargitor admitte. Per 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. 


ER quem hec 

omnia, Domine, 
semper bona _ creas, 
sanctificas, vivificas, 
benedicis, et prestas 
nobis. 


ER ipsum, et cum 

Ipso, et In Ipso, est 
tibt Deo Patri omni- 
potenti, In unitate 
Spiritus Sancti, omnis 
honor et gloria. 


147 


Agnes, Cecilia, Ana- 
stasia, and with all Thy 
saints. Into their 
company do Thou, we 
beseech Thee, admit 
us, not weighing our 
merits, but freely par- 
doning our offenses: 
through Christ our 
Lord. 


Y Whom, O Lord, 

Thou dost always 
create, sanctify, quick- 
en, bless, and give us all 
these good things. 


HROUGH Hin, 
and with Him, and 
in Hin, is to Thee, God 
the Father almighty, in 
the unity of the Holy 
Ghost, all honor and 


glory. 


The Pater Noster 


V. Per omnia szcula 
seeculorum. 


R. Amen. 


V. World without 
end. 


R. Amen. 


148 


Oremus 
RAECEPTIS | salu- 
taribus moniti, et 
divina institutione for- 
mati, audemus dicere: 


TOES Noster, qui 
es In celis, sancti- 
ficetur nomen tuum: 
adveniat regnum tuum: 
fiat voluntas tua sicut 
in celo, et in terra. 
Panem nostrum quoti- 
dianum da nobis hodie: 
et dimitte nobis debita 
nostra, sicut et nos 
dimittimus debitoribus 
nostris. Et ne nos in- 
ducas in tentationem. 
R. Sed libera nos a 


malo. 


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Let us Pray 


HERETO ad- 
monished by 
wholesome _ precepts, 
and in words taught us 
by God Himself we 


presume to pray: 


UR Father, Who 
art in heaven, hal- 
lowed be Thy Name: 
Thy kingdom come: 
Thy will be done on 
earth, as It is in heaven. 
Give us this day our 
daily bread: and forgive 
us our trespasses, as we 
forgive those who tres- 
pass against us. And 
lead us not into tempta- 
tion. 
R. But deliver us 
from evil. 


The priest says inaudibly 


Amen. 
IBERA nos, que- 
sumus, Domine, 


ab omnibus malis, pre- 
teritis, presentibus, et 
futuris: et intercedente 
beata et gloriosa semper 
Virgine Dei Genitrice 
Maria, cum _beatis 


Amen. 
() aes us, we 
beseech Thee, O 
Lord, from all evils, 
past, present, and to 
come: and by the in- 


tercession of the blessed 
and glorious Mary ever 


Virgin, Mother of God, 


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Apostolis tuis Petro et 
Paulo, atque Andrea, et 
omnibus Sanctis, da 
propitius pacem in die- 
bus nostris: ut ope 
misericordie tue ad- 
juti, et a peccato simus 
semper liberi, et ab 
omni perturbatione se- 
curl. Per eumdem Do- 
minum nostrum Jesum 
Christum Filrum tuum, 
qui tecum vivit et reg- 
nat in unitate Spiritus 
sancti Deus. 


V. Per omnia szcula 
seeculorum. 


R. Amen. 


149 


together with Thy 
blessed apostles Peter 
and Paul, and Andrew, 
and all the saints, mer- 
cifully grant peace in 
our days: that by the 
assistance of Thy mercy 
we may be always free 
from sin, and secure 
from all disturbance. 
Through the same 
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, 
our Lord, Who with 
Thee in the unity of the 
Holy Ghost liveth and 
reigneth God. 

V. World without 
end. 


R. Amen. 


The Communion 


V. Pax Domini sit 
semper vobiscum. 


R. Et cum = spiritu 
tuo. 


AEC commixtio et 
consecratio cor- 
poris et sanguinis Do- 
mini nostri Jesu Christi, 
fiat accipientibus nobis 
in vitam eternam. 
Amen. 


V. May the peace of 


the Lord be always 
with you. 

R. And with thy 
spirit. 


Y this commin- 

gling and conse- 
crating of the Body and 
Blood of our Lord Jesus 
Christ avail us who 
receive it unto life 
everlasting. Amen. 


150 
GNUS Dei, qui 


tollis peccata mun- 
di: dona eis requiem. 


Agnus Dei, qui tollis 
peccata mundi: dona 
eis requiem. 


Agnus Dei, qui tollis 
peccata mundi: dona 
els requiem sempiter- 
nam. 


OMINE Jesu 

Christe, Fili Det 
Vivi, qui ex voluntate 
Patris, cooperante 
Spiritu Sancto per mor- 
tem tuam mundum 
vivificasti: libera me 
per hoc sacrosanctum 
corpus et sanguinem 
tuum ab omnibus ini- 
quitatibus meis, et 
universis malis: et fac 
me tuis semper in- 
herere mandatis: et a 
te numquam separari 
permittas: qui cum 
eodem Deo Patre et 
Spiritu Sancto vivis et 


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AMB of God, Who 

takest away the 

sins of the world: give 
unto them rest. 

Lamb of God, Who 
takest away the sins of 
the world: give unto 
them rest. 

Lamb of God, Who 
takest away the sins of 
the world: give unto 
them rest forevermore. 


ORD Jesus Christ, 

Son of the living 
God, Who, according 
to the will of Thy 
Father, through the co- 
operation of the Holy 
Ghost, hast by Thy 
death given life to the 
world: deliver me by 
this Thy most sacred 
Body and Blood from 
all my iniquities and 
from all evils. Make 
me to cleave to Thy 
commandments an d 
suffer not that at any 
time I be separated 
from Thee, Who with 








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regnas Deus in secula 
seculorum. 


Amen. 

Perceptiocorporistul, 
Domine Jesu Christe, 
quod ego indignus su- 
mere presumo, non 
mihi proveniat in Jju- 
diclum et condemna- 
tionem: sed pro tua 
pietate prosit mihi ad 
tutamentum mentis et 
corporis, et ad mede- 
Jam percipiendam. Qui 
Vivis et regnas cum Deo 
Patre in unitate Spiri- 
tus Sancti Deus, per 
omnia scula  secu- 
lorum. Amen. 

Panem celestem acci- 
piam, et nomen Do- 
mini invocabo. 


151 
the same God the 
Father and the Holy 
Ghost livest and 
reignest world without 
end. Amen. 

Let not the partaking 
of Thy Body, O Lord 
Jesus Christ, which I, 
all unworthy, presume 
to receive, turn to my 
judgment and condem- 
nation; but, do Thou 
make it to avail me to 
my healing and safe 
keeping in body and in 
soul. Who livest and 
reignest with God the 
Father, in the unity of 
the Holy Ghost, world 
without end. 

Amen. 

I will take the Bread 
of heaven and will call 


upon the Name of the 
Lord. 


The priest repeats three times 


OMINE, non sum 

dignus, ut intres 
sub tectum meum: sed 
tantum dic verbo, et 
sanabitur anima mea. 


ORD, I am _ not 
worthy that Thou 
shouldst enter under 
my roof; but only say 
the word, and my soul 


shall be healed. 


152 
ORPUS Domini 


nostri Jesu Christi 

custodiat animam me- 

am in vitam eternam. 
Amen. 


UID © retribuam 
Domino pro om- 
nibus que _ retribuit 
mihi? Calicem salu- 
taris accipiam, et 
nomen Domini invo- 
cabo. Laudans invo- 


cabo Dominum, et ab 
Inimicis meis salvus ero. 


ANGUIS Domini 
nostri Jesu Christi 
custodiat animam me- 
am in vitam eternam. 
Amen. 


UOD ore’ sump- 

simus, Domine, 
pura mente capiamus; 
et de munere temporali 
fiat nobis remedium 
sempiternum. 


re  ———E—E—E—E—E—E—E—————ee es 


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Y the Body of 
our Lord Jesus 
Christ keep my soul 
unto life everlasting. 
Amen. 


HAT shall I render 

unto the Lord for 
all the things that He 
hath rendered unto me? 
I will take the chalice of 
salvation and will call 
upon the Name of the 
Lord. With praises 
will I call upon the 
Lord, and I shall be 
saved from all mine 
enemies. 


AY the Blood of 
our Lord Jesus 
Christ keep my soul 
unto life everlasting. 
Amen. 


RANT, O Lord, 

that what we have 
taken with our mouth 
we may receive with a 
pure mind; that of a 
temporal gift it may 
become to us an eternal 
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ORPUS tuum, Do- 

mine, quod sumpsi, 
et sanguis quem potavi, 
adhereat visceribus 
meis; et presta, ut in 
me non remaneat sce- 
-lerum macula, quem 
pura et sancta refece- 
runt sacramenta. Qui 
Vivis et regnas in szecula 
seeculorum. 

Amen. 


153 


Y Thy Body, O 

Lord, which I have 
received, and Thy Blood 
which I have drunk, 
cleave to my bowels; 
and grant that no stain 
of sim may remain in 
me, who have been 
refreshed with pure and 
holy sacraments. Who 
livest and reignest 
forever. Amen. 


The Communion Prayer 


UX eterna luceat 

eis, Domine: Cum 

Sanctis tuis in eternum, 
quia plus es. 


Requiem eternam 
dona eis, Domine, et lux 
> 
perpetua luceat eis. 


Cum Sanctis tuis in 
zternum, quia pilus es. 


Y light eternal 
shine upon them, 
O Lord: With Thy 
saints forever, because 
Thou art merciful. 
Eternal rest grant 
unto them, O Lord, 
and let perpetual light 
shine upon them. 
With Thy saints for- 
ever, because Thou art 
merciful. 


The Postcommunion 


V. Dominus _ vobis- 
cum. 

R. Et cum spiritu 
tuo. 


V. The Lord be with 
you. 
R. And with 


spirit. 


thy 


154 


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FOR DECEASED BISHOPS OR PRIESTS 


ROSIT, quesumus 

Domine, anima- 
bus famulorum tuorum 
pontificum (seu sacer- 
dotum) misericordize 
tuz implorata clemen- 
tia: ut ejus, In quo 
speraverunt, et credide- 
runt, eternum capiant, 
te miuserante, consor- 
tium. Per Dominum. 


E beseech Thee, O 

Lord, that Thy 
clemency, which we im- 
plore, may benefit the 
souls of Thy servants 
who are Bishops (or 
priests); that by Thy 
mercy they may par- 
take of that in which 
they hoped and_ be- 
lieved. Through our 
Lord. 


FOR DECEASED BRETHREN, FRIENDS 
AND BENEFACTORS 


RAESTA quesumus 
omnipotens et mi- 
sericors Deus: ut anime 
fratrum, propinquorum, 
et benefactorum nos- 
trorum, quibus hoc 
sacrifictum Jaudis tue 
obtulimus majestati; 
per hujus virtutem sac- 
ramenti a peccatis om- 
nibus expiate lucis per- 
petuez, te miserante, 
recipiant beatitudinem. 


RANT, we beseech 
Thee, almighty 
and merciful God, that 
the souls of ourbrethren, 
kinsfolk and benefac- 
tors, for whom we offer 
up to Thy majesty this 
sacrifice of praise, 
may by virtue of this 
Sacrament be cleansed 
from all sin and by Thy 
mercy receive the hap- 
piness of eternal light. 


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155 


FOR ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED 


NIMABUS quesu- 

mus, Domine, fa- 
mulorum famularum- 
que tuarum oratio pro- 
ficiat supplicantium: ut 
eas et a peccatis omni- 
bus exuas, et tue re- 
demptionis facias esse 
participes. Qui vivis 
et regnas in secula 
seculorum. Amen. 


E beseech Thee, O 

Lord, that the 
prayers of Thy sup- 
pliants may benefit the 
souls of Thy servants; 
that Thou mayest de- 
liver them from all 
their sms, and make 
them partakers of Thy 
Redemption. Who 
livest and reignest for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 


Conclusion of the Mass 


V. Dominus _ vobis- 
cum. 

R. Et cum = spiritu 
tuo. 

V. Requiescant in 
pace. 

R. Amen. 


LACEAT tibi 

sancta Trinitas, 
obsequium _ servitutis 
meses et preesta,’ UC 
sacrificium quod oculis 
tue majestatis indignus 
obtuli, trbi sit accepta- 
bile, mihique et omni- 
bus pro quibus illud 


V. The Lord be with 
you. 

R. And with 
spirit. 

V. May they rest in 
peace. 

R. Amen. 


ET the offering of 

my homage be 
pleasing to Thee, O 
Holy Trinity; and 
grant that the sacrifice 
which I, unworthy as 
I am, have offered up 
in the sight of Thy 
Majesty, may be ac- 


thy 


156 


obtuli sit, te miserante, 
propitiabile. Per Chris- 
tum Dominum nos- 
trum. 


Amen. 
V. Dominus vobis- 
cum. 

R. Et cum spiritu 
tuo. 

V. Inittum sancti 
Evangelit secundum 
Joannem. 


R. Gloria tib1, . Do- 
mine. 

N_ principio erat 

Verbum, et Ver- 


bum erat apud Deum, 
et Deus erat Verbum. 
Hoc erat in principio 
apud Deum. Omnia 
per ipsum facta sunt, 
et sine ipso factum est 
nihil quod factum est. 
In ipso vita erat, et vita 
erat lux hominum: et 
lux in tenebris lucet, et 
tenebre eam non com- 
prehenderunt. F uit 
homo missus a Deo, cui 
nomen erat Joannes. 


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ceptable to Thee, and 
by Thy mercy be a 
propitiation for me and 
for all for whom I have 
offered it. Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


V. The Lord be with 
you. 

R. And with thy 
spirit. 

V. The beginning of 
the holy Gospel accord- 
ing to St. Jobn. 

R. Glory be to Thee, 
O Lord. 


N_ the beginning 

was the Word, 
and the Word was with 
God, and the Word was 
God. The same was in 
the beginning with 
God. All things were 
made by Him: and 
without Him was made 
nothing that was made. 
In Him was life, and 
the life was the light of 
men: and the _ light 
shineth in darkness, 
and the darkness did 


not comprehend it. 


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Hic venit in testimo- 
nium, ut testimonium 
perhiberet de lIumine, 
ut omnes crederent per 
lum. Non erat ille 
lux, sed ut testimonium 
perhiberet de Jumine. 
Erat lux vera que il- 
Juminat omnem homi- 
nem venientem in hunc 
mundum. In mundo 
erat, et mundus per 
ipsum factus est, et 
mundus eum non cog- 
novit. In propria ve- 
nit, et sul eum non 
receperunt. Quotquot 
autem receperunt eum, 
dedit eis potestatem 
filios Dei fiert, his qui 
credunt in nomine ejus. 
Qui non ex sanguinibus, 
neque ex voluntate car- 
nis, neque ex voluntate 
viri, sed ex Deo nati 
sunt. [He ' genuflects, 
saying] 


157 


There was a man sent 
from God, whose name 
was John. This man 
came for a witness, to 
bear witness of the 
light, that all men 
might believe through 
him. He was not the 
light, but was to bear 
witness of the light. 
That was the true light 
which enlighteneth 
every man that cometh 
into this world. He 
was in the world, and 
the world was made 
by Him, and the world 
knew Him not. He 
came unto His own, 
and His own received 
Flim not. But as 
many as received Him, 
to them He gave power 
to be made the sons of 
God, to them that be- 
lieve in His name, who 
are born, not of blood, 
nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of 
man, but of God. [Here 
he genuflects, saying] 


158 MASS FOR THE DEAD 


Et Verbum caro fac- 
tum est, et habitavit 
in nobis et vidimus glo- 
riam ejus, gloriam quasi 
unigeniti a Patre, ple- 
num gratie et veritatis. 


R. Deo gratias. 


And the Word was 
made Flesh, and dwelt 
among us and we saw 
His glory, the glory as 
of the only-begotten of 
the Father, full of grace 
and truth. 

R. Thanks be to God. 














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The Ritual for the Celebration of 
SMlatrimonp 


The priest, vested in a surplice and white stole (or 
vested as for Mass, but without maniple, if the Nuptial 
Mass is to follow), attended by the server holding a vessel 
of holy water, asks, in the vernacular, in the hearing of 
two or more witnesses, the bridegroom and the bride sepa- 
rately, concerning their consent. First he asks the bride- 
groom, who stands at the right hand of the bride: 


WILT thou take N., here present, for thy 
*? lawful wife, according to the Rite of our 
holy Mother the Church? 
R. I will. 


The priest then asks the bride: 


WILT thou take N., here present, for 
*? thy lawful husband, according to the Rite 
of our holy Mother the Church? 
R. I will. 


The consent must be expressed by both. Having 
obtained this mutual consent, the priest bids the man 
and woman join their right hands. 


In most places it 1s customary for the man and woman 
to pledge themselves one to the otber as follows, repeating 
these words after the priest: 


160 CELEBRATION 


OF MATRIMONY 


First the bridegroom says: 


N. N., take thee, N. N., for my lawful 

¥ wife, to have and to hold, from this day 
forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for 
poorer, in sickness and im health, until death do 


us part. 


Then the bride says: 


N. N., take thee, N. N., for my lawful 

% husband, to have and to hold, from this 
day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, 
for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death 


do us part. 


The priest then says: 


GO conjungo vos 

In matrimonium, 

in nomine Patris, 44 et 

Fil, et Spiritus Sancti. 
Amen. 


JOIN you together 
in marriage, in the 
name of the Father, 44 
and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 


The priest then sprinkles them with boly water. 


This done, the priest blesses the ring, saying: 


DJUTORIUM nos- 
trum in nomine 
Domini. 
R. Qui fecit czlum 
et terram. 
V. Domine, _ exaudi 
orationem meam. 
R. Et clamor 
ad te veniat. 


meus 


UR help is in the 
name of the Lord. 


R. Who hath made 
heaven and earth. 

V. O Lord, hear my 
prayer. 

R. And let my cry 
come unto Thee. 


CELEBRATION OF MATRIMONY 


V. Dominus — vobis- 
cum. 

R. Et cum. spiritu 
tuo. 


Oremus 

ENEDIC, +4 Do- 

mine, annulum 
hunc, quem nos in Tuo 
nomine ~ benedicimus, 
+ ut que eum gesta- 
verit, fidelitatem inte- 
gram suo sponso tenens, 
in pace et voluntate 
Tua permaneat, atque 
in mutua charitate sem- 
per vivat. Per Chris- 
tum Dominum nostrum. 


R. Amen. 


161 
V. The Lord be with 


you. 
R. And gewitls 


spirit. 


thy 


Let us Pray 

LESS, + O Lord, 

this ring, which 
we bless 44 in Thy 
name, that she who 
shall wear it, keeping 
true faith unto her 
spouse, may abide in 
Thy peace and in obedi- 
ence to Thy will, and 


ever live in mutual 
love. Through Christ 
our Lord. 

R. Amen. 


Then the priest sprinkles the ring with boly water in 
the form of a cross; and the bridegroom having received 
the ring from the band of the priest places it on the 
third finger of the left band of the bride, saying: 


With this ring I thee wed and I plight unto 
thee my troth. 


Then the priest says: 


N_ nomine Patris, 
BK et Fill, et Spiri- 
tus Sancti. 
Amen. 


N the name of the 

Father +4 and of 
the Son and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. 


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CELEBRATION OF MATRIMONY 


This done, the priest adds: 


V. Confirma hoc, 
Deus, quod operatus es 
in nobis. 

R. A templo sancto 
tuo quod estin 
Jerusalem. 

V. Kyrie eleison. 

R. Christe eleison. 


V. Kyrie eleison. 

Pater noster (inaudt- 
bly). 

V. Et ne nos tnducas 
in tentationem. 

R. Sed libera nos a 
malo. 

V. Salvos fac servos 
tuos, 

R. Deus meus, spe- 
rantes in te. 

V. Mitte 
mine, 
sancto. 

R. Et de Sion tuere 
eos. 

V. Esto eis, Domine, 
turris fortitudinis, 


eis, Do- 
auxillum de 


R. A facie mimici. 


V. Confirm, O God, 
that which Thou hast 
wrought in us. 

R. From Thy holy 
temple which is in 
Jerusalem. 

V. Lord, have mercy. 

RICHrist.-nwyve 
mercy. 

V. Lord, have mercy. 

Our Father (inaudi- 
bly). 

V. And lead us not 
into temptation. 

R. But deliver us 
from evil. 

V. Save Thy serv- 
ants, 

R. O my God, who 
put their trust in Thee. 

V. Send them help, 
O Lord, from Thy holy 
place. 

R. And defend them 
out of Sion. 

V. Be unto them, 
O Lord, a tower of 
strength, 

R. From the face of 
the enemy. 





CELEBRATION 


V. Domine — exaudi, 
orationem meam. 

R. Et clamor meus 
ad te veniat. 


V. Dominus __ vobis- 
cum. 
R. Et cum = spiritu 
tuo. 
Oremus 
ESPICE,  quesu- 


mus, Domine, su- 
per hos famulos tuos, et 
institutis tuis, quibus 
propagationem humani 
generis ordinasti, be- 
nignus assiste, ut qui te 
auctore junguntur, te 
auxiliante — serventur. 
Per Christum Domi- 
num nostrum, 


Amen. 


OF MATRIMONY 


163 
V. O Lord, hear my 


prayer. 
R. And let my cry 
come unto Thee. 


V. The Lord be with 


you. 
R. And with thy 
spirit. 
Let us Pray 


OOK down, we be- 

seech Thee, O 
Lord, upon these Thy 
servants, and graciously 
protect this Thine or- 
dinance, whereby Thou 
hast provided for the 
propagation of man- 
kind; that those who 
are joined together by 
Thine authority may be 
preserved by Thy help. 
Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


After this, if the Nuptial Benediction is to be given, 
the Mass is said pro Sponso et Sponsa, as follows; at which 
the newly-married parties kneel at the altar-rail (or on 
foot-stools, according to custom), the man on the right, 


and the woman on the left. 


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MASS FOR BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE 


The Mass for Bridegroom and Bride 
The Introit 


EUS Israel con- 

jungate vos. ect 
ipse sit vobiscum, qui 
misertus est duobus 
unicis: et nunc, Dom- 
mine, fac eos plenius 
benedicere te. 


Psi 127, meta tat 
omnes qui timent 
Dominum: qui ambu- 
Jant in viis ejus. 

V. Gloria Patri, etc. 


Deus Israel 
jungat vos, etc. 


con- 


AY the God of 

Israel joi you 
together: and may He 
be with you who was 
merciful to two only 
children: and now, O 
Lord, make them bless 
Thee more fully. 

Ps. 127, 1. Blessed 
are all they that fear 
the Lord: that walk m 
His ways. 

V. Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 

May the 


Israel, etc. 


God of 


The Collect 


XAUDI nos, om- 

nipotens et miseri- 

cors Deus: ut quod 

nostro ministratur 

officio, tua benedictione 

potius impleatur. Per 
Dominum, etc. 


RACIOUSLY hear 

us, Almighty and 
merciful God, that what 
is performed by our 
ministry may be abun- 
dantly filled with Thy 
blessing. Through, etc. 


The Epistle (Eph., v, 22-33) 


RATRES: Miuli- 
eres VIris suis sub- 
dite sint, sicut Domino: 





RETHREN: Let 
women be sub- 
ject to their husbands, 


MASS FOR BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE 


quoniam vir caput est 
mulieris: sicut Christus 


caput est Ecclesie: 
Ipse, salvator corporis 
ejus. Sed sicut Ec- 


clesia subjecta est 
Christo, ita et mulieres 
viris suis in omnibus. 
Viri, diligite uxores ves- 
tras, sicut et Christus 
dilexit Ecclesiam, et 
seilpsum _ tradidit pro 
ea, ut illam_ sancti- 
ficaret, mundans __la- 
vacro aque in verbo 
vite, ut exhiberet Ipse 
sibi gloriosam Ecclest- 
am, non habentem ma- 
culam, aut rugam, aut 
aliquid hujusmodi, sed 
ut sit sancta et imma- 
culata. Ita et viri 
debent diligere uxores 
suas, ut corpora sua. 
Qui suam uxorem diI- 
ligit, serpsum  diligit. 
Nemo enim unquam 
carnem suam odio ha- 
buit: sed nutrit, et 
fovet eam, sicut et 
Christus Ecclesiam: 
quia membra_ sumus 
corporis ejus, de carve 


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as to the Lord; be- 
cause the husband is 
head of the wife, as 
Christ ts Head of the 
Church. He is the 
Saviour of His body. 
Therefore as the Church 
Is subject to Christ, so 
also let wives be to 
their husbands im all 
things. Husbands, love 
your wives, as Christ 
also loved the Church, 
and delivered Himself 
up for it, that He might 
sanctify it, cleansing it 
with the laver of water 
in the word of life, that 
He might present it 
to Himself a glorious 
Church, not having 
spot or wrinkle, or 
any such thing, but 
that it should be holy, 
and without blemish. 
So also men ought to 
love their wives, as 
their own bodies. He 
that loveth his wife, 
loveth himself. For no 
man ever hated his own 
flesh, but nourisheth 
and cherisheth it, as also 


166 


ejus, et de ossibus ejus. 
Propter hoc relinquet 
homo patrem et ma- 
trem suam, et adherebit 
uxori suze: et erunt duo 
In carne una. Sacra- 
mentum hoc magnum 
est, ego autem dico in 
Christo, et m Ecclesia. 
Verumtamen et vos 
singuli, unusquisque 
uxorem suam,  sicut 
seipsum_ diligit: uxor 
autem timeat virum 
suum. 


MASS FOR BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE 


Christ doth the Church: 
for we are members of 
His body, of His flesh, 
and of His bones. For 
this cause a man shall 
leave his father and 
mother, and shall 
cleave to his wife, and 
they shall be two in one 
flesh. This mystery Is 
great, but I speak in 
Christ, and in the 
Church. Nevertheless, 
let each of you love his 
wife as he loveth him- 
self; and let the wife 
fear her husband. 


The Gradual (Ps. 127, 3) 


XOR tua sicut vitis 
abundans in la- 
teribus domus tue. 


V. Filt tui sicut 
novelle olivarum in 
circuitu. mense tue. 
Alleluia, alleluia. 

Ps. 19, 3. Mittat vo- 
bis Dominus auxilium 
de sancto, et de Sion 
tueatur vos. 


Alleluia. 


HY wife shall be 

as a fruitful vine 

on the walls of thy 
house. 

V. Thy children as 
olive plants round 
about thy table. 
Alleluia, alleluta. 

Ps. 19, 3. May the 
Lord send you help from 
the sanctuary, and de- 
fend you out of Sion. 


Alleluia. 


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167 


After Septuagesima, instead of Alleluia and V. is said the 
Tract (Ps. 127, 4-6) 


CCE sic benedice- 
tur omnis homo 
qui timet Dominum. 


V. Benedicat tibi 
Dominus ex Sion; et 
videas bona Jerusalem 


omnibus. diebus_ vite 
tue. 

V. Et videas  filios 
filiorum tuorum; pax 


super Israel. 


EHOLD, thus shall 

every, man be 

blessed that feareth the 
Lord. 

V. May the Lord 
bless thee out of Sion; 
and mayest thou see the 
good things of Jeru- 
salem all the days of 
thy life. 

V. And mayest thou 
see thy children’s 
children: peace upon 
Israel. 


At Easter-tide the Gradual is omitted, and in its place 


is said: 


LLELUIA, Alle- 

luia. Mittat vo- 
bis Dominus auxilium 
de sancto: et de Sion 
tueatur vos. 


Alleluia. 

Ps. 133, 3. Benedicat 
vobis Dominus ex Sion: 
qui fecit celum et ter- 
ram. Alleluia. 


LLELUIA, Alle- 


Jura. May the 
Lord send you help 
from the sanctuary: 


and defend you out of 
Sion. 

Alleluia. 

Ps. 133, 3. May the 
Lord bless you out of 
Sion: who hath made 
heaven and earth. 


Alleluia. 


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MASS FOR BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE 


The Gospel (Matt. xix, 3-6) 


N_ illo tempore: 

Accesserunt ad 
Jesum Phariszei tentan- 
tes eum, et dicentes: 
St licet homimi dri- 
mittere uxorem suam, 
quacumque ex causa? 
Qui respondens, ait eis: 
Non legistis, quia qui 
fecit hominem ab initio, 
masculum et feminam 
fecit eos? et dixit: 
Propter hoc dimittet 
homo patrem et ma- 
trem, et  adherebit 
uxori suze, et erunt duo 
in carne una. Itaque 
jam non sunt duo, sed 
una caro. Quod ergo 
Deus conjunxit, homo 
non separet. 


T that time there 
came to Jesus the 
Pharisees, tempting 
Him, and saying: Is it 
lawful for a man to put 
away his wife for every 
cause? And He an- 


swered and_ said to 
them: Have ye not 
read, that He who 


made man from the be- 
ginning, made them 
male and female? and 
said: For this cause 
shall a man leave father 
and mother, and shall 
cleave to his wife, and 
the two shall be one 
flesh. Therefore now 
they are not two, but 
one flesh. What there- 
fore God hath joined 
together, Jet no man 
put asunder. 


The Offertory 


N te speravi, Do- 

mine: dixi, Tu es 

Deus meus: in manibus 
tuis tempora mea. 


N Thee, O Lord, 
have I put my 


trust: I said, Thou art 


my God: my lot is in 
Thy hands. 





MASS FOR BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE 


169 


The Secret Prayer 


USCIPE,  quesu- 

mus, Domine, pro 
sacra connubii lege mu- 
nus oblatum: et cujus 
Jargitor es operis, esto 
dispositor. Per Domi- 
num nostrum Jesum 
Christum, Filium tu- 
um, qui tecum vivit et 
regnat, etc. 


ECEIVE, we _ be- 

seech Thee, O 
Lord, the gift which we 
here offer up in behalf 
of Thy holy law of 
marriage: and as Thou 
art the giver of the 
work, be Thou also 
the disposer thereof. 
Through our Lord, ete. 


After the Pater Noster the priest stands at the Epistle 
side of the altar, and turns toward the bridegroom and 
bride, who kneel before the altar, saying over them tbe. 


following prayers: 


Oremus 

ROPITIARE, Do- 
mine, supplica- 
tionibus nostris, et 
Institutis tuis, quibus 
propagationem humant 
generis ordinasti, be- 
nignus assiste: ut quod 
te auctore jungitur, te 
auxiliante servetur. 
Per Dominum nostrum 

Jesum Christum, etc. 


Server. Amen. 


Let us Pray 
E favorable, O 
Lord, unto our 
prayers, and graciously 
protect Thine or- 
dinance, whereby Thou 
hast provided for the 
propagation of man- 
kind; that what is now 
jomed together by 
Thine authority may be 
preserved by Thy help. 
Through our Lord 

Jesus Christ, etc. 

Server. Amen. 


170 


Oremus 

EUS, qui potestate 

virtutis tue de ni- 
hilo cuncta fecisti: qui 
dispositis universitatis 
exordis, homini ad, 
imaginem Dei facto, 
ideo inseparabile mulie- 
ris adjutorlum  con- 
didisti, ut femineo 
corport de virili dares 
carne principium, do- 
cens quod ex uno pla- 
cuisset Institul, num- 
quam licere disjungi: 
Deus, qui tam excellenti 
mysterio conjugalem 
copulam consecrasti, ut 
Christi et Ecclesiz sac- 
ramentum presignares 
in foedere nuptiarum: 
Deus, per quem mulier 
jungitur viro, et socie- 
tas principaliter ordi- 
nata ea benedictione 
donatur que sola nec 
per originalis peccatti 
poenam nec per diluvit 
est ablata sententiam: 
respice propitius super 
hanc famulam tuam, 
que maritali jungenda 


MASS FOR BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE 


Let us Pray 

GOD who by the 

might of Tihy 
power didst make all 
things out of nothing; 
who, when the founda- 
tions of the world were 
laid, and man was made 
in the image of God, 
didst so ordain the in- 
separable aid of woman, 
as to give her body its 
origin from that of man: 
teaching thereby that 
whatit had pleased Thee 
to fashion out of one 
could never be lawfully 
put asunder: O God, 
who hast consecrated 
wedlock to so excellent 
a mystery, that in the 
marriage covenant 
Thou wouldst foreshow 
the mysterious union of 
Christ with His Church: 
O God, by whom woman 
Is Joined to man, and 
that union, established 
in the beginning, is 
gifted with a blessing, 
which alone was not 
taken away, either in 


MASS FOR BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE 


consortio, tua se expetit 
protectione muniri: sit 
in ea Jugum dilectionis 
et pacis; fidelis et casta 
nubat in Christo imi- 
tatrixque sanctarum 
permaneat feminarum: 
sit amabilis viro suo, 
ut Rachel, sapiens, ut 
Rebecca, lJongeva et 
fidelis, ut Sara: nihil in 
ea ex actibus suis ille 
auctor prevaricationis 
usurpet; nexa  fider 
mandatisque permane- 
at; uni thoro juncta, 
contactus illicitos fugi- 
at; muniat infirmitatem 
suam robore discipline; 
sit verecundia gravis, 
pudore venerabilis, doc- 
trinis celestibus eru- 
dita; sit foecunda in 
sobole, sit probata et 
innocens; et ad beato- 
rum requiem, atque ad 
celestia regna perve- 
niat; ut videant ambo 
filios filiorum suorum 
usque in tertiam et 
quartam generationem, 
et ad optatam per- 
veniant senectutem. 


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punishment of original 
sin, or by the sentence 
of the flood: look gra- 
ciously down upon this 
Thy handmaid, now 
about to be jomed in 
marriage, who heartily 
desires to be strength- 
ened by Thy protec- 
tion: may it be to her 
a yoke of love and 
peace; faithful and 
chaste may she marry 
in Christ, and be a fol- 
lower of holy matrons; 
may she be pleasing 
to her husband _ like 
Rachel, wise like .Re- 
becca, long-lived and 
faithful like Sarah. In 
none of her deeds may 
that first author of 
transgression have any 
share; may she abide 
frmly knit unto the 
faith and the command- 
ments; joined in one 
union, may she remain 
ever constant thereto; 
may she fortify her 
weakness by the 
strength of a chastened 
life; in shamefacedness 


172 


Per eumdem Domi- 
num nostrum Jesum 
Christum, Filtum  tu- 
um, qui tecum vivit et 
regnat in unitate Spiri- 
tus Sancti Deus, per 
omnia secula secu- 
lorum. 


R. Amen. 


MASS FOR BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE 


be grave, in modesty 
worthy of respect, in 
heavenly doctrines 
Iearned; may she be 
fruitful in offspring; 
may she be approved 
and blameless; and 
attain unto the rest of 
the Blessed, and unto 
the heavenly kingdom; 
that they both see their 
children’s children unto 
the third and fourth 
generation and _ arrive 
at a happy old age. 
Through the same our 
Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 
R. Amen. 


Tie Communion 


CCE sic benedice- 

tur omnis homo, 
qui timet Dominum, et 
videas filios filiorum 
tuorum: pax super 
Israel. 


EHOLD, thus shall 
every man be 
blessed that feareth the 
Lord: and mayest thou 
see thy children’s 
children: peace upon 
Israel. 


The Postcommunion 


UAESUMUS, om- 
nipotens Deus, 
instituta providentiz 


E beseech Thee, O 
God almighty, to 
accompany with Thy 





MASS FOR BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE 


tue pio favore comitare: 
ut quos legitima socie- 
tate connectis, longeva 
pace  custodias. Per 
Dominun, etc. 


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gracious favor what 
Thy providence hath 
ordained; and preserve 
in continual peace those 
whom Thou hast joined 
in lawful union. 
Through our Lord, ete. 


After the Ite Missa Est or Benedicamus Domino, tbe 
priest turns toward the bridegroom and bride, saying: 


EUS Abraham, 

Deus Isaac, et 
Deus Jacob sit vobis- 
cum, et ipse adimpleat 
benedictionem suam 
in vobis; ut videatis 
fiiios filiorum  vestro- 
rum, usque ad tertiam 
et quartam generatio- 
nem; et postea vitam 
zternam habeatis sine 
fine, adjuvante Do- 
mino nostro Jesu 
Christo: qui cum Patre 
et Spiritu Sancto vivit 
et regnat Deus, per 
omnia secula seculo- 
rum. 


R. Amen. 


AY the God of 
Abraham, the God 
of Isaac, and the God 
of Jacob be with you, 
and may He fulfil His 
blessing upon you; that 
you may see your chil- 
dren’s children unto the 
third and fourth gen- 
eration; and may 
afterwards have ever- 
lasting life, without 
end, by the help of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, who, 
with the Father and 
the Holy Ghost, liveth 
and reigneth God, 
world without end. 


R. Amen. 


The priest then spinkles them with holy water. After- 
wards, bowing down before the altar, he says the Placeat, 
gives the Blessing, and ends the Mass as usual. 





VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


Vespers form the part of the priest’s daily office which 
is recited in the afternoon or evening. In ancient times | 
they were chanted by the faithful every day, and this 
venerable custom is still retained by certain Religious 
Orders. After the prayers of praise which accompany 
the Sacrifice of the Mass there are no others so solemn 
as the vesper prayers. 

Coming into the sanctuary with his assistants the 
celebrant first kneels before the altar and recites the 


following prayer: 


PERI, Domine, os 

meum ad_ benedi- 
cendum nomen sanc- 
tum tuum: munda 
quoque cor meum ab 
omnibus vanis,  per- 
versis, et alienis cogita- 
tionibus:  intellectum 
lumina, affectum in- 
flamma, ut digne, 
attente, ac devote hoc 
officitum recitare vale- 
am, et exaudiri merear 
ante conspectum di- 


LORD, open Thou 

my mouth that I 
may bless Thy holy 
Name; cleanse my heart 
from all vain, evil, and 
wandering thoughts; 
enlighten my _ under- 


standing; kindle my 
affections, that I may 
worthily, attentively, 


and devoutly recite this 
office, and may deserve 
to be heard before the 
presence of Thy divine 





VESPERS. FOR SUNDAYS 


vine majestatis tue. 


Per Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. 

R. Amen. 

Domine, in unione 


illus divine Intentionis, 
qua Ipse in terris Iaudes 
Deo persolvisti, has tib1 
horas persolvo. 


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Majesty. Through 
Christ our Lord. 


R. Amen 

Lord, in union with 
that divine intention 
wherewith Thou didst 
Thyself praise God 
while on earth, I offer 
these hours unto Thee. 


The celebrant and bis attendants then proceed to the 
bench, on the Epistle side of the sanctuary; and after 
saying in silence the Our Father and the Hail Mary, the 
celebrant intones: 


1D eee in adjutorium OME unto my 
meum intende. help, O God. 


R. Domine, ad adju- 
vandum me festina. 

V. Gloria Patri, et 
Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. 


R. Sicut erat in prin- 
ciplo, et nunc, et 
semper, et in secula 
seculorum. Amen. 


Alleluia. 


R. O Lord, make 
haste to help me. 

V. Glory be to the 
Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy 
Ghost. 

R. As it was in the 
beginning, Is now, and 
ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 


Alleluia. 


Instead of Alleluia from Septuagesima to Palm Sunday 


inclusively, is said: 


Laus tibi, Domine, 
Rex eterne gloriz. 


Praise to Thee, O 
Lord, King of eternal 


glory. 


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VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


During Easter-tide the Psalms are all said with this one 


Antiphon: Alleluia. 


Ant. Dixit Dominus. | 


Ant. The Lord said. 


Psalm CIX 


This psalm commemorates Christ as King, Priest, 


and Supreme Judge. 
IXIT Dominus 


Domino meo: Se- 
de a dextris meis: 

Donec ponam inimi- 
cos tuo scabellum pe- 
dum tuorum. 

Virgam virtutis tuz 
emittet Dominus ex 
Sion: dominare In 
medio inimicorum tuo- 
rum. 

Tecum principium in 
die virtutis tuz in splen- 
doribus sanctorum: ex 
utero ante luciferum 
genul te. 


Juravit Dominus, et 
non poenitebit eum: Tu 
es sacerdos In zternum 
secundum ordinem 


Melchisedech. 


HE Lord said un- 

to my Lord: Sit 

Thou at My right hand: 

Until I make Thine 

enemies: Thy foot- 
stool, 

The Lord will send 
forth the sceptre of Thy 
power out of Sion: rule 
Thou in the midst of 
Thine enemies. 

Thine shall be do- 
minion in the day of 
Thy power, amid the 
brightness of the saints: 
from the womb before 
the day-star have I 
begotten Thee. 

The Lord hath sworn, 
and He will not repent: 
Thou art a priest for 


ever after the order of 
Melchisedech. 


VESPERS’ FOR SUNDAYS 


Dominus a_ dextris 
tuis confregit in die ire 
sue reges. 


Judicabit in nationt- 
bus, implebit ruimas: 
conquassabit capita in 
terra multorum. 


De torrente in via 
bibet, propterea_ exal- 
tabit caput. 


Gloria Patri, etc. 


Ant. Dixit Dominus 
Domino meo: Sede a 
dextris meis. 

Ant. Magna opera 
Domini. 


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The Lord upon Thy 
right hand: hath over- 
thrown kings in the 
day of His wrath. 


He shall judge among 
the nations; He shall 
fill them with ruins: He 
shall smite in sunder 
the heads in the land 
of many. 


He shall drink of the 
brook in the way: 
therefore shall He lift 
up His head. 

Glory be to 
Father, etc. 

Ant. The Lord said 
unto my Lord: Sit 
Thou at My right hand. 

Ant. Great are the 
works of the Lord. 


the 


Psalm CX 


The benefits of Christ to His mystical body, the Church, 
are here enumerated and extolled. 


ONFITEBOR tib1, 

Domine, in toto 
corde meo: in con- 
silio justorum, et con- 
gregatione. 


WILL praise Thee, 
O Lord, with my 
whole heart: in the 
assembly of the just, 
and in the congregation, 


178 


Magna opera Do- 
mini: exquisita in 
omnes voluntates ejus. 


Confessio et magni- 
ficentia opus ejus, et 
justitia ejus manet in 
seculum secull. 

Memoriam fecit mi- 
rabiluum suorum mi- 
sericors et miserator 
Dominus: escam dedit 
timentibus se. 


Memor erit in secu- 
lum testamenti sui: 
virtutem operum 
suorum annuntiabit 
populo suo: 

Ut det illis heredita- 
tem gentium: opera 
manuum ejus veritas 
et judicium. 


Fidelia omnia man- 
data ejus, confirmata 
In seculum seculi, 
facta in veritate et 
equitate. 

Redemptionem misit 
populo suo: mandavit 
in sternum testamen- 
tum suum. 


VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


Great are the works 
of the Lord: sought 
out are they according 
unto all His pleasure. 

His work is His praise 
and His honor: and His 
Justice endureth for 
ever and ever. 

A memorial hath the 
merciful and gracious 
Lord made of His mar- 
vellous works: He hath 
given meat unto them 
that fear Him. 

He shall ever be 
mindful of His cove- 
nant: He shall show 
forth to His people the 
power of His works: 

That He may give 
them the heritage of 
the Gentiles: the works 
of His hands are truth 
and judgment. 

All His command- 
ments are faithful: 
they stand fast forever 
and ever, they are done 
in truth and equity. 

He hath sent redemp- 
tion unto His people: 
He hath commanded 


His covenant forever. 





VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


Sanctum et terrible 
nomen ejus: initium sa- 
pientie timor Domini. 


Intellectus bonus 
omnibus facientibus 
eum: laudatio  ejus 
manet in szeculum se- 
cull. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 


Ant. Magna opera 
Domini: exquisita in 
omnes voluntates ejus. 


Ant. Qui timet Do- 
minum. 


179 


Holy and terrible is 
His name: the fear of 
the Lord is the be- 
ginning of wisdom. 

A good understand- 
ing have all they that 
do thereafter: His 
praise endureth forever 
and ever. 

Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 

Ant. Great are the 
works of the Lord: 
sought out are they 
according unto all His 
pleasure. 

Ant. He that feareth 
the Lord. 


Psalm CXI 


In this psalm the happiness and rewards of the just 
man, the faithful members of Christ’s mystical body, 


are declared. 


EATUS vir, qu! 

trmet Dominum; 
in mandatis ejus volet 
nimis. 


Potens in terra erit 
semen ejus: generatio 
rectorum benedicetur. 


LESSED is the 

man that feareth 
the Lord: he shall de- 
light exceedingly m His 
commandments. 

His seed shall be 
mighty upon earth: the 
generationoftheupright 
shall be blessed. 


180 


Gloria et divitiz in 
domo ejus, et justitia 
ejus manet in seculum 
seecull. 

Exortum est in tene- 
bris Jumen rectis: mi- 
sericors, et miserator, 
et justus. 


Jucundus homo, qui 
miseretur et commodat, 
disponet sermones suos 
In judicio: quia in 
gzternum non commo- 
vebitur. 

In memoria eterna 
erit justus: ab auditi- 
one male non timebit. 


Paratum cor ejus 
sperare in Domino, con- 
firmatum est cor ejus: 
non commovebitur do- 
nec despiciat inimicos 
suos. 

Dispersit, dedit pau- 
peribus; justitia ejus 
manet in saeculum 
seeculi: cornu ejus ex- 
altabitur in gloria, 


VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


Glory and riches shall 
be in his house: and 
his justice endureth for 
ever and ever. 

Unto the upright 
there hath risen up light 
in the darkness: he Is 
merciful, and compas- 
sionate, and just. 

Acceptable is the man 
whois merciful and Iend- 
eth: he shall order his 
words with judgment, 
for heshall not be moved 
for ever. 

The just man shall be 
in everlasting remem- 
brance: he shall not be 
afraid for evil tidings. 

His heart is ready to 
hope in the Lord: his 
heart is strengthened, 
he shall not be moved 
until he look down upon 
his enemies. 

He hath dispersed 
abroad, he hath given 
to the poor; his justice 
endureth for ever and 
ever: his horn shall be 
exalted in glory. 


VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


Peccator videbit, et 
irascetur; dentibus suis 
fremet et tabescet: de- 
siderlum peccatorum 
peribit. 


Gloria Patri, etc. 
Ant. Qui timet Do- 
minum in mandatis 


ejus cupit nimis. 


Ant. Sit nomen 
Domini. 


181 


The wicked shall see 
it and shall be wroth; 
he shall gnash with his 
teeth, and pine away: 
the desire of the wicked 
shall perish. 

Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 

Ant. He that fear- 
eth the Lord: he shall 
delight exceedingly in 
His commandment. 

Ant. May the name 
of the Lord. 


Psalm CXII 


Here the Psalmist is praising the greatness of the Lord 
in His glory and in His condescension to man. 


AUDATE, puert, 
Dominum: l[au- 
date nomen Domini. 


Sit nomen Domini 
benedictum: ex hoc 
nunc, et usque in 
seeculum. 

A solis ortu  usque 
ad occasum: laudabile 
nomen Domini. 


RAISE the Lord, 

ye children: praise 

ye the Name of the 
Lord. 

Blessed be the Name 

of the Lord: from this 

time forth for evermore. 


From the rising up 
of the sun unto the 
going down of the 
same: the Name of 
the Lord is worthy to 
be praised. 


182 


Excelsus super om- 


nes gentes Dominus: 
et super celos gloria 
ejus. 


Quis sicut Dominus 
Deus noster, qui in altis 


habitat: et humilia re- . 


spicit in celo et in 
terra? 


Suscitans a terra in- 
opem: et de stercore 
erigens pauperem: 


Ut collocet eum cum 
principibus: cum prin- 
cipibus populi sul. 


Qui habitare facit 
sterilem in domo: ma- 
trem filiorum letantem. 


Gloria Patri, etc. 


Ant. Sit nomen 
Domini benedictum in 
secula. 

Ant. Deus autem 
noster. 


VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


The Lord is high 
above all nations: and 
His glory above the 
heavens. 

Who is like unto the 
Lord our God, Who 
dwelleth on high: and 
regardeth the things 
that are lowly in 
heaven and on earth? 

Who raiseth up the 
needy from the earth: 
and lifteth the poor out 
of the dunghill; 

That He may set 
him with the princes: 
even with the princes 
of His people. 

Who maketh the bar- 
ren woman to dwell in 
her house: the joyful 
mother of children. 

Glory be to 
Father, etc. 

Ant. Blessed be the 
Name of the Lord for 
evermore. 


Ant. But our God. 


the 


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183 


Psalm CXIII 


Literally this Psalm refers to the ltberation of the 
chosen people of God from the bondage of Egypt, and to 


the vanity of idol worship. 


In its spiritual sense it has 


reference to the redemption of mankind from the tyranny 
of sin, and exhorts man to put his trust not in earthly 
treasures but in the blessings of heaven. 


N exitu Israel de 

AEgypto: domus 
Jacob de populo bar- 
baro, 

Facta est Judea 
sanctificatio ejus: Israel 
potestas ejus. 

Mare vidit, et fugit: 
Jordanis conversus est 
retrorsum. 

Montes exultaverunt 
ut arietes: et colles 
sicut agni ovium. 


Quid est tibi, mare, 
quod fugisti: et tu, 
Jordanis, quia con- 
versus es retrorsum? 


Montes, exultastis 
sicut arietes: et colles, 
sicut agni ovium? 


HEN Israel came 
out of Egypt: the 
house of Jacob from 
among a strange people, 
Judea was made His 
sanctuary: and _ Israel 
His dominion. 

The sea saw it, and 
fled: Jordan was 
turned back. 

The mountains 
skipped like rams: and 
the little hills like the 
lambs of the flock. 

What aileth thee, O 
thou sea, that thou 
fleddest: and thou, 
Jordan, that thou wast 
turned back? 

Ye mountains, that 
ye skipped like rams: 
and ye little hills, like 
the lambs of the flock? 


184 


A facie Domini mota 
est terra: a facie Det 


Jacob. 


Qui convertit petram 
in stagna aquarum: et 
rupem in fontes aqua- 
rum. 

Non nobis, Domine, 
non nobis: sed nomini 
tuo da gloriam. 


Super misericordia 
tua, et veritate tua: 
nequando dicant gentes, 
Ubi est Deus eorum? 


Deus autem noster 
in celo: omnia que- 
cumque voluit fecit. 


Simulacra  gentium 
argentum et aurum: 
opera manuum homi- 
num. 

Os habent, et non 
loquentur: oculos ha- 
bent, et non videbunt. 

Aures habent, et non 
audient: nares habent, 
et non odorabunt. 

Manus habent, et 
non palpabunt; pedes 


VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


At the presence of 
the Lord the earth was 
moved: at the presence 
of the God of Jacob. 

Who turned the rock 
into a standing water: 
and the stony hill into 
a flowing stream. 

Not unto us, O Lord, 
not unto us: but unto 
Thy Name give the 
glory. 

For Thy mercy, and 
for Thy truth’s sake: 
lest the Gentiles should 
say, Where is their 
God? 

But our God is in 
heaven: He hath done 
all things whatsoever 
He would. 

The idols of the 
Gentiles are silver and 
gold: the work of the 
hands of men. 

They have mouths, 
and speak not: eyes 
have they, and see not. 

They have ears, and 
hear not: noses have 
they, and smell not. 

They have hands, 
and feel not: they have 





VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


habent, et non ambula- 
bunt: non clamabunt 
in gutture suo. 

Similes illis fant, qui 
factunt ea: et omnes 
qui confidunt in eis. 


Domus Israel spera- 
vit in Domino: adjutor 
eorum et protector 
-eorum est. 

Domus Aaron spera- 
vit in Domino: adjutor 
eorum et protector 
eorum est. 

Qui timent Domi- 
num, speraverunt in 
Domino: adjutor eorum 
et protector eorum est. 

Dominus memor fuit 
nostri, et benedixit no- 
bis. 

Benedixit domui 
Israel: benedixit domut 
Aaron. 


Benedixit omnibus, 
qui timent Dominum: 
pusillis cum mayoribus. 

Adjiciat Dominus su- 
per vos: super vos, et 
super filios vestros. 


185 


feet, and walk not; 
neither shall they speak 
through their throat. 

Let them that make 
them become like unto 
them: and all such as 
put their trust in them. 

The house of Israel 
hath hoped in the Lord: 
He is their helper and 
protector. 

The house of Aaron 
hath hoped in the Lord: 
He ts their helper and 
protector. 

They that fear the 
Lord have hoped in 
the Lord: He is their 
helper and protector. 

The Lord hath been 
mindful of us: and 
hath blessed us. 

He hath blessed the 
house of Israel: He 
hath blessed the house 
of Aaron. 

He hath blessed all 
that fear the Lord: 
both small and great. 

May the Lord add 
blessmgs upon you: 
upon you, and upon 
your children. 


186 


Benedicti vos a 
Domino: qui fecit 
ceelum et terram. 

Czlum celi Domino, 
terram autem debit 
filiis hominum. 


Non mortur l[auda- 
bunt te, Domine: ne- 
que omnes, qui de- 
scendunt in infernum. 


Sed nos qui vivimus, | 


benedicimus Domino: 
ex hoc nunc, et usque 
in seeculum. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 


Ant. Deus autem 
noster in celo: omnia 
quecumque voluit, 
fecit. 


Capitulum 


ENEDICTUS 
Deus, et Pater 
Domini nostri Jesu 
Christi, Pater miseri- 
cordiarum, et Deus to- 
tius consolationis, qui 
consolatur nos in omni 
tribulatione nostra. 
R. Deo gratias. 


VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


Blessed be ye of the 
Lord: Who hath made 
heaven and earth. 

The heaven of heavy- 
ens is the Lord’s: but 
the earth hath He given 
to the children of men. 

The dead shall not 
praise Thee, O Lord: 
neither all they that go 
down into hell. 

But we that live bless 
the Lord: from this 
time forth for evermore. 


Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 

Ant. But our God is 
in heaven: He hath 
done all things what- 
soever He would. 


Little Chapter 

LESSED be God, 
even the Father of 

our Lord Jesus Christ, 
the Father of mercies, 
and God of all consola-— 
tion, Who comforteth | 
us in all our tribulation. 


R. Thanks be to 
God. 





VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


187 


Hymn 


In this sublime poem we have a commemoration of 
the work of the first day of creation, when light was made. 
The translation is by Cardinal Newman. 

Certain seasons of the year have a special Hymn which 
is used in place of the present one. 


UCIS Creator 


optime, 


Lucem dierum_profe- 
rens, 
Primordiis [ucis nove 


Mundi parans originem: 


Qui mane junctum 
vesperi 


Diem vocari precipis; 
Ilabitur tetrum chaos, 


Audi preces cum fle- 
tibus. 


Ne mens gravata cri- 
mine, 
Vite sit exul munere, 


Dum nil perenne cogi- 
tat, 


ATHER of Lights, 
by Whorn each 
day 

Is kindled out of 
night, 

Who, when the heavens 
were made, didst 
lay 

Their rudiments in 
light; 


Thou Who didst bind 
and blend in one 
The glistening morn 
and evening pale, 
Hear Thou our plaint, 
when light is gone, 
And lawlessness and 
strife prevail. 


Hear, lest the whelming 
weight of crime 
Wreck us with life in 
view; 
Lest thoughts and 
schemes of sense 
and time 


188 


Seseque culpis iligat. 


Celeste pulset ostium; 
Vitale tollat premium: 
Vitemus omne noxium: 


Purgemus omne pessi- 
mum. 


Presta, Pater piissime, 
Patrique compar unice, 
Cum Spiritu Paraclito, 


Regnans per omneszcu- 
Jum. Amen. 


V.iDuim igatt wel 
Domine, oratio mea 

R. Sicut incensum in 
conspectu tuo, 


VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


Earn us a sinner’s 
due. 


So may we knock at 
heaven’s door, 
And strive the im- 
mortal prize to win, 
Continually and _ ever- 
more 
Guarded without and 
pure within. 


Grant this, O Father, 
only Son, 
And Spirit, God of 
grace, 
To Whom all worship 
shall be done 
In every time and 
place. Amen. 


V. Let my prayer, O 
Lord, be directed 


R. As incense in Thy 
sight. 


The Magnificat 


This magnificently sublime Canticle was uttered by the 
Blessed Virgin Mary upon her visit to her cousin Eliza- 
beth, shortly after her conception of Christ when saluted 
by Elizabeth as Mother of the Lord. It is a song of 
thanksgiving for the graces and privileges she had received 
from God. 








GNIFICAT ani- 
ma mea Dominum. 
Et exultavit spiritus 
meus in Deo salutari 
meo. 

Quia respexit humi- 
litatem ancille sue: 
ecce enim ex hoc bea- 
tam me dicent omnes 
generationes. 


Quia fecit mihi mag- 
na qui potens est: et 
sanctum nomen ejus. 


Et misericordia ejus 
a progenie in progenies, 
timentibus eum. 


Fecit potentiam in 
brachio_ sui: dispersit 
superbos mente cordis 
sul. 

Deposuit potentes de 
sede, et exaltavit humi- 
les. 


Esurientes implevit 
bonis, et divites dimisit 
inanes. 


VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


189 


Y soul doth mag- 
nify: the Lord. 
And my spirit re- 


joiceth: in God my 
Saviour. 
Because He _ hath 


looked down on the 
lowliness of His hand- 
maid: for behold hence- 
forth all generations 
will call me blessed. 

Because the Mighty 
One hath done great 
things for me: and 
holy is His Name. 

And His mercy is 
from generation to gen- 
eration: on those who 
fear Him. 

He showeth might in 
His arm: He scattereth 
the proud in the conceit 
of their heart. 

He casteth down the 
mighty from their 
throne: and _ exalteth 
the lowly. 

He filleth the hungry 
with good things: and 
the rich He sendeth 
away empty. 


190 VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS 


Suscepit Israel pue- He hath received His 
rum suum, recordatus | servant Israel: being 
misericordise sue. mindful of His mercy. 

Sicut Iocutus est ad As He spake to our 


patres nostros: Abra- | fathers: to Abraham 
ham, et semini ejus in | and to his seed for ever. 
seecula. 
Gloria Patri, etc. Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 


The Canticle being completed and the anthem repeated, 
there follows immediately the versicle: 


V. Dominus _ vobis- V. The Lord be 


cum. with you. 
AR. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. Spirit. 


Here follows the Collect proper to the day, together with 
any commemorations that may occur. After the last 
prayer there is added: 


VY. Dominus _ vobis- V. The Lord be with 


cum. , you. 
R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. spirit. 
V. Benedicamus Do- V. Let us bless the 
mino. Lord, .¢ 
R. Deo gratias. ‘R. Thanks be to 
God. 


V. Fidelium, anime, V. May the souls of 
per misericordiam Dei, | the faithful departed, 


requiescant In pace. through the mercy of 
God, rest in peace. 
R. Amen. / RR. Amen. 


Vespers terminate with the Our Father, said silently. 





EPI ASP Pe SOS CoAT S CATARINA SEN. SMECHTILD 





Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 


This devout service dates from the thirteenth century. 
Its purpose is to express faith in the Real Presence of 
Christ in the Eucharist, to adore His majesty, to obtain 
His blessing, to make reparation for outrages and insults 
offered to God, and to return Him thanks for His many 
benefits. 

When the Sacred Host has been exposed, an indulgence 
of 7 years and 7 quarantines may be gained by looking at 
it devoutly and saying: “My Lord and my God!” 
(Pius X. May 18, 1907.) 


Hymns to the Blessed Sacrament 


After the Blessed Sacrament bas been placed on the altar 
the two following hymns of veneration are sung: 


O Salutaris Hostia 


Gypeetr Rls SAVING Victim! 

Hostia, opening wide 

Que celi pandis os- The gate of heaven to 
tium: man below! 


Bella premunt hostilia: | Our foes press on from 
every side; 

Da robur, fer auxilium. Thine aid supply, Thy 
strength bestow. 


Uni trinoque Domino To Thy great Name be 
endless praise, 


192 BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


Sit sempiterna gloria, 
Qui vitam sine termino 


Nobis donet in patria. 


O grant us 


Immortal Godhead! 
One in Three! 

endless 
length of days 

In our true native 


land with Thee! 


Tantum Ergo 


ANTUM ergo Sa- 
cramentum, 
Veneremur cernui; 


Et antiquum documen- 
tum 
Novo cedat ritui; 


Prestet fides supple- 
mentum 
Sensuum defectui. 
Genitori, Genitoque 
Laus et jubilatio; 


Salus, honor, virtus 


quoque 
Sit et benedictio; 


Procedenti ab utroque 


Compar sit Jaudatio. 
Amen. 


OWN in adoration 
falling, 
Lo! the Sacred Host 
we hail! 
Lo! o’er ancient forms 
departing, 
Newer rites of grace 
prevail; 
Faith for all defects 
supplying 
Where the feeble 


senses fail. 


To the everlasting 
Father, 

And the Son Who 
reigns on high, 
With the Holy Ghost 

proceeding 
Forth from each eter- 
nally, 
Be salvation, honor, 
blessing, 
Might, and _ endless 


majesty. Amen. 





V. Panem de _ celo 
preestitisti els. 

R. Omne delecta- 
mentum in se _ haben- 
tem. 





BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


193 


Still kneeling, the priest sings: 


V. Thou gavest them 
Bread from heaven. 

R. Having in it all 
manner of sweetness. 


During Easter-tide, and during the octave of Corpus 
Christi, Alleluia is added to V. and R. 


Rising, be sings the following prayer: 


Oremus 

EUS, qui nobis, sub 

sacramento mira- 
bili, passionis tue me- 
moriam reliquisti: tri- 
bue, quesumus, Ita nos 
corporis et sanguinis tul 
sacra mysteria venera- 
ri, tu redemptionis tuze 
fructum in nobis jugiter 


sentiamus. Qui vivis 
et regnas in secula 
seeculorum. 

R. Amen. 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Who in this 
wonderful Sacra- 

ment hast left us a me- 
morial of Thy Passion, 
grant us, we beseech 
Thee, so to reverence 
the sacred mysteries of 
Thy Body and Blood 
that we may ever find 
in our souls the fruit of 
Thy Redemption. Who 
livest and reignest for- 
ever and ever. 


R. Amen. 


At the Benediction 


While the Benediction is being given, devoutly repeat 
some prayer in honor of the Blessed Sacrament, such as: 
“My Lord and my God!” or simply ask, in your own 
words, Christ’s blessing upon you, and upon those for 


whom you wish to pray. 


194. BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 
The Divine Praises 


An Act of Reparation for profane language after 
the Blessing. 


LESSED be God. 
Blessed be His holy Name. 

Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man. 
Blessed be the Name of Jesus. 
Blessed be His most Sacred Heart. 
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of 

the Altar. 
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most 

holy. 
Blessed be her holy and immaculate conception. 
Blessed be her glorious assumption. 
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. 
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse. 
Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints. 


(Ind. of 2 years for every public recital after Mass or 


Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. —Lro XIII. 
Feb. 2, 1897.) 


Y the Heart of Jesus in the most Blessed 

Sacrament be praised, adored, and loved 
with grateful affection, at every moment, in all 
the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of 
time. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. — Prius IX. Feb. 29, 1868.) 


Hymn of Thanksgiving 


After the Blessed Sacrament bas been replaced in the 
Tabernacle all rise and sing: 





BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


195 


Psalm CXVI 


AUDATE Domi- 

num, omnes gen- 

tes: laudate eum, omnes 
populi. 

Quoniam confirmata 
est super nos misericor- 
dia ejus: et veritas Do- 
mini manet in eternum. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 


PRAISE the Lord, 

all ye nations: 
praise Him, all ye 
people. 

For His mercy is con- 
firmed upon us: and 
the truth of the Lord 
endureth for ever. 

Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 


Hymn of Thanksgiving 
OLY GOD, we praise Thy Name! 
Lord of all, we bow before Thee! 
All on earth Thy sceptre claim, 
All in heaven above adore Thee: 
|| : Infinite Thy vast domain, 
Everlasting is Thy reign. : || 


Hark! the loud celestial hymn 
Angel choirs above are raising; 
Cherubim and Seraphim, 
In unceasing chorus praising, 
|| : Fill the heavens with sweet accord; 


Holy, Holy, Holy Lord! : || 


Holy Father, Holy Son, 


Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee, 
While in essence only One, 
Undivided God we claim Thee; 
|| : And adoring bend the knee, 
While we own the mystery. : || 


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DEVOTIONS FOR THE HOLY- 
DAYS AND SPECIAL FEASTS 


FEAST OF THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD 
(January 1) 


ND after eight days were accomplished that 
the Child should be circumcised, His name 
was called Jesus. 
V. Blessed is He that cometh. 
R. In the name of the Lord. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who by the fruitful virginity of 
Blessed Mary hast given unto mankind the 
rewards of eternal salvation, grant, we beseech 
Thee, that we may feel that she intercedes for 
us, through whom we have been made worthy 


to receive the Author of life, our Lord Jesus 
Christ, Thy Son. Amen. 


PRAYERS fOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 197 
A New Year’s Prayer 


MOST bountiful God, I sincerely and hum- 

bly thank Thee for all Thy many benefits 
to me during the past year, and for the privilege 
of beginning a new year. Do Thou mercifully 
continue Thy gracious help and protection, so 
that I may not only spend this year in Thy 
service, but may also increase from day to day 
in fervor and in the performance of good works. 
May all my thoughts, words and actions be for 
Thy greater honor and glory, for my own sanc- 
tification and for the good of souls. These favors 
I ask from Thy goodness through the merits of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, Who for our salvation 
first shed His Precious Blood on this day. Amen. 


FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY 
(January 6) 


NT, All they from Saba shall come, bringing 
gold and frankincense, and showing forth 
praise to the Lord. 
V. We have seen His star in the East. 
R. And are come with gifts to adore the Lord. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who by the leading of a star didst 

on this day manifest Thine only-begotten 
Son to the Gentiles, mercifully grant that we, 
who know Thee now by faith, may be brought 
to the contemplation of Thy glorious majesty. 
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 


198 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


FEAST OF THE PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED 
VIRGIN MARY, OR CANDLEMAS DAY 


(February 2) 
NT. After the days of the purification of 
Mary were fulfilled, according to the Law of 
Moses, they carried Jesus to Jerusalem to present 
Him to the Lord. 
V. A light to the revelation of the Gentiles. 
R. And the glory of Thy people Israel. 


Let us Pray 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, we humbly 
beseech Thy majesty that as Thine only- 
begotten Son was this day presented in the 
Temple in the substance of our flesh, so we also 
may, with purified hearts, be presented unto 
Thee. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 


THIRTY DAYS’ PRAYER TO THE BLESSED 
VIRGIN MARY IN HONOR OF THE 
SACRED PASSION OF OUR 
LORD JESUS CHRIST 


By the devout recital of this prayer, each day for thirty 
days, we may hope to obtain our lawful request. It is 
also recommended as a proper devotion for every day in 
Lent, and all the Fridays throughout the year. 


ER glorious and blessed Mary, Queen 
of Virgins, Mother of Mercy, hope and 
comfort of dejected and desolate souls, through 
that sword of sorrow which pierced thy tender 
heart while thine only Son, Christ Jesus, our 


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Lord, suffered death, and ignominy on the Cross: 
through that filial tenderness and pure love He 
had for thee, grieving m thy grief, whilst from 
His Cross He recommended thee to the care and 
protection of His beloved disciple, St. John, take 
pity, we beseech Thee, on our poverty and necessi- 
ties; have compassion on our anxieties and cares; 
assist and comfort us in all our infirmities and 
miseries. ‘Thou art the Mother of Mercies, the 
sweet Consolatrix and refuge of the needy and 
the orphan, of the desolate and afflicted. Cast, 
therefore, an eye of pity on us, forlorn children of 
Eve, and hear our prayer: for since, m just 
punishment of our sins, we are encompassed by 
evils, whither can we fly for more secure shelter 
than to thy maternal protection? Attend, there- 
fore, with an ear of pity, we beseech thee, to our 
humble and earnest request. We ask it through 
the mercy of Jesus Christ, thy Son, the Redeemer 
of the world. We ask it through the anguish of 
mind wherewith thy beloved Son, our dear 
Saviour, was overwhelmed on Mount Olivet, 
when he besought His eternal Father to remove 
from Him, if possible, the bitter chalice of His 
future passion. We ask it through the threefold 
repetition of His prayer in the garden, from 
whence afterwards, with mournful tears, thou 
didst accompany Him to the doleful stations of 
His sufferings and death. We ask it through the 
welts and sores of His virginal flesh, occasioned 
by the cords and whips wherewith He was bound 
and scourged when stripped of His seamless 
garment, for which His executioners afterwards 


200 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


cast lots. We ask it through the scoffs and 
ignominies by which He was insulted, the false 
accusations and unjust sentence by which He was 
condemned to death, and which He bore with 
heavenly patience. We ask it through His bitter 
tears and sweat of blood, His silence and resig- 
nation, His sadness and grief of heart. We ask 
it through the blood which trickled from His royal 
and sacred head, when struck with the sceptre of 
a reed and pierced with His crown of thorns. 
We ask it through the torments He endured, 
when His hands and feet were cruelly fastened 
to the tree of the Cross. We ask it through His 
vehement thirst and bitter potion of vinegar and 
gall. We ask it through His dereliction on the 
Cross, when He exclaimed: “My God, My God, 
why hast Thou forsaken Me?” We ask it 
through His mercy extended to the good thief, 
and through His recommending His precious soul 
into the hands of His eternal Father before He 
expired, saying: ‘All is consummated.” We ask 
it through the blood mixed with water which 
issued from His sacred side when pierced with a 
lance, and whence a flood of grace and mercy hath 
flowed upon us. We ask it through His im- 
maculate life, bitter passion, and ignominious 
death upon the Cross, at which nature itself was 
thrown into convulsions, by the bursting of rocks, 
the rending of the veil of the Temple, the earth- 
quake, and the darkness of the sun and moon. 
We ask it through His descent into hell, where He 
comforted the saints of the Old Law, and led 
captivity captive. We ask it through His glorious 


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victory over death, His triumphant ascension 
into heaven, and through the grace of the Holy 
Ghost, infused into the hearts of the disciples 
when He descended on them in the form of fiery 
tongues. We ask it through His awful appear- 
ance on the last day, when He shall come to judge 
the living and the dead. We ask it through the 
compassion He bore thee, and the ineffable joy 
thou didst feel at thine assumption into heaven, 
where thou art absorbed in the sweet contempla- 
tion of His divine perfections. O glorious and 
ever blessed Virgin, comfort the hearts of thy 
supplicants, by obtaining for us — (here mention 
your request). And as we are persuaded that our 
divine Saviour honors thee as His beloved mother, 
to whom He can refuse nothing, so let us experi- 
ence the efficacy of thy powerful mtercession, 
according to the tenderness of thy maternal 
affection, and the charity of His amiable Heart, 
which mercifully granteth the requests, and com- 
plieth with the desires of those who love and fear 
Him. O most blessed Virgm! besides the object 
of our present petition, and whatever else we may 
stand in need of, obtain for us of thy dear Son, 
our Lord and our God, lively faith, firm hope, 
perfect charity, true contrition, a horror of sin, 
love of God and our neighbor, contempt of the 
world, and patience and resignation under the 
trials and difficulties of this life. Obtain likewise 
for us, O Sacred Mother of God, the gift of final 
perseverance, and the grace to receive the last 
Sacraments worthily at the hour of death. Last- 
ly, obtain, we beseech thee, for our parents, our 


202 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


relatives, and our benefactors, whether living or 
dead, life everlasting. Amen. 


FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH 


(March 10) 
NT. Behold the faithful and wise servant, 


whom the Lord made ruler over His house- 
hold. 
V. The Lord Ioved him and adorned him. 
R. He clothed him with a robe of glory. 


Let us Pray 


ELP us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, through 
the merits of the blessed patriarch Joseph, 
spouse of Thy most holy Mother, that, what we 
cannot of ourselves obtain, Thou mayest grant 
us at his petition. Who livest and reignest world 
without end. Amen. 
V. Pray for us, blessed St. Joesph. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the prom- 
ises of Christ. 


MEMORARE TO ST. JOSEPH 


EMEMBER, O most pure spouse of the 
Blessed Virgin Mary, my sweet protector, 
St. Joseph! that no one ever had recourse to thy 
protection or implored thy aid without obtain- 
ing relief. Confiding therefore in thy goodness, 
I come before thee, and humbly supplicate thee. 


PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 203 


O despise not my petitions, foster-father of the 
Redeemer, but graciously recetve them. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—Pius IX. June 26, 
1863.) 


THIRTY DAYS’ PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH 


For a Happy Death and Other Good Intentions 


ER-BLESSED and glorious Joseph, kind 

and indulgent father, and compassionate 
friend of all in sorrow, through that bitter grief 
with which thy heart was saturated when thou 
didst behold the sufferings of the Infant Saviour, 
and in thy prophetic view didst contemplate His 
most ignominious passion and death, take pity, 
I beseech thee, on my poverty and necessities, 
counsel me in my doubts, and console me in all 
my anxieties. Thou art the good father and pro- 
tector of orphans, the advocate of the defenseless, 
the patron of those who are in need and desola- 
tion. Do not, then, disregard the petition of thy 
poor child; my sins have drawn down upon me 
the just displeasure of my God, and hence I am 
surrounded with sorrows. To thee, O amiable 
guardian of the poor neglected family of Naza- 
reth, do I fly for shelter and protection. Listen, 
then, I entreat of thee, with a father’s solicitude, 
to the earnest prayer of thy poor supplicant, and 
obtain for me the objects of my petition. I ask 
it by the infinite mercy of the eternal Son of 


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God, which induced Him to assume our nature 
and be born into this world of sorrow. I ask it 
by the grief which filled thy heart, when, ignorant 
of the mystery wrought in thy immaculate spouse, 
thou didst fear thou shouldst be separated from 
her. I ask it by that weariness, solicitude, and 
suffering which thou didst endure when thou 
soughtest in vain at the inns of Bethlehem a 
shelter for the sacred Virgin and a birthplace for 
the Infant God, and when, being everywhere 
refused, thou wert obliged to consent that the 
Queen of heaven should give birth to the world’s 
Redeemer in a wretched stable. I ask it by that 
most sad and painful duty imposed on thee when, 
the divine Child being eight days old, thou wert 
obliged to inflict a deep wound on His tender 
body, and thus be the first to make flow that 
sacred blood which was to wash away the sins 
of the world. J ask it by the sweetness and power 
of that sacred name, Jesus, which thou didst 
confer on the adorable Infant. I ask it by that 
mortal anguish inflicted on thee by the prophecy 
of holy Stmeon, which declared the Child Jesus 
and His Mother the future victims of their love 
and our sins. I ask it through that sorrow and 
anguish which filled thy soul when the angel 
declared to thee that the life of the Child Jesus 
was sought by His enemies, from whose impious 
designs thou wert obliged to fly with Him and 
His blessed Mother into Egypt. I ask it by all 
the pains, fatigues, and toils of that long and 


PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 203B 


perilous pilgrimage. I ask it by all the sorrows 
thou didst endure when in Egypt thou wert not 
able, even by the sweat of thy brow, to procure 
poor food and clothing for thy most poor family, 
I ask it by all the grief thou didst feel each time 
the divine Child asked for a morsel of bread and 
thou hadst it not to give Him. I ask it by all 
thy solicitude to preserve the sacred Child and 
the immaculate Mary during thy second journey 
when thou wert ordered to return to thy native 
country. I ask it by thy peaceful dwelling in 
Nazareth, in which so many joys and sorrows 
were mingled. I ask it by thy extreme affliction 
in being deprived three days of the company of 
the adorable Child. I ask it by thy joy at finding 
Him in the temple, and by the ineffable consola- 
tion imparted to thee in the cottage of Nazareth 
with the company and society of the little Jesus. 
I ask it by that wonderful condescension by which 
He subjected Himself to thy will. I ask it through 
that dolorous view, continually in thy mind, of 
all thy Jesus was to suffer, I ask it by that pain- 
ful contemplation, which made thee foresee the 
divine little hands and feet, now so active in 
serving thee, one day to be pierced with cruel 
nails; that head which rested gently on thy 
bosom, crowned with sharp thorns; that delicate 
body which thou didst tenderly fold in thy mantle 
and press to thy heart, stripped and extended 
on a cross. | ask it by that heroic sacrifice of 
thy will and best affection by which thou didst 


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offer up to the Eternal Father the last awful 
moment when the Man-God was to expire for 
our salvation. I ask it by that perfect love and 
conformity with which thou didst receive the 
divine order to depart from this life, and from 
the company of Jesus and Mary. I ask it by 
that exceeding great joy which filled thy soul 
when the Redeemer of the world, triumphant over 
death and hell, entered into the possession of His 
kingdom, and conducted thee also into it with 
especial honors. I ask it through Mary’s glorious 
assumption, and through that interminable bliss 
which with her thou wilt eternally derive from 
the presence of God. O good father! I beseech 
thee by all thy sufferings, sorrows, and joys to 
hear me and to obtain the grant of my eurnest 
petitions. (Here name them, or reflect on them.) 
Obtain for all those who have asked thy prayers 
all that is useful to them in the designs of God; 
and finally, my dear protector, be thou with me 
and all who are dear to me in our last moments, 
that we may eternally chant the praises of Jesus, 


Mary and Joseph. Amen., 


PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 203D 


Hymn 
Dear Guardian of Mary! fond Guide of her Child! 


Life’s ways are full weary, the desert is wild; 
Bleak sands are all round us, no home can we see; 
Sweet Spouse of our Lady! we Iean upon thee. 


For thou to the pilgrim art Father and Guide, 
And Jesus and Mary felt safe by thy side; 

Ah, blesséd Saint Joseph, how safe should I be, 
Sweet Spouse of our Lady! if thou wert with me! 


O blessed Saint Joseph! how great was thy worth, 
The one chosen shadow of God upon earth, 
The Father of Jesus—ah then wilt thou be, 
Sweet Spouse of our Lady! a father to me? 


When the treasures of God were unsheltered on 
earth, 

Safe keeping was found for them both in thy 
worth; 

O Father of Jesus, be father to me, 

Sweet Spouse of our Lady! and I will love thee. 


God chose thee for Jesus and Mary, wilt thou 
Forgive a poor exile for choosing thee now? 
There’s no saint in heaven, Saint Joseph, like thee; 
Sweet Spouse of our Lady! ah deign to love me! 


V. Pray for us, blessed St. Joseph. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the prom- 
ises of Christ. 


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Devotions for Holy Week 


OLY Week opens with Palm Sunday, which com- 
memorates the triumphal entry of Christ into 
Jerusalem. The ceremony of Palm Sunday is one of the 
most impressive of the year and consists of the solemn 
blessing of the palm, of a procession and of the Mass, 
during which the Passion of our Lord is read. 

The most solemn parts of this week, however, are the 
Iast three days, which recall the passion, death, and burial 
of our Lord. On Wednesday afternoon, therefore, begins 
the venerable and impressive office of Tenebrae, consisting 
of Matins and Lauds of the divine office for the following 
day. This service is also held on the afternoons of Holy 
Thursday and Good Friday. It is made up of Psalms 
and extracts from the Prophets, St. Paul and the Church 
Fathers, expressive of lamentation and sorrow over the 
Passion and death of the Redeemer. The name Tenebrae 
(darkness) is given this office because during it the lights 
in the sanctuary are gradually extinguished until but one 
remains. This is then carried behind the altar until the 
concluding prayer has been said. Then a noise is made, 
and the light hidden behind the altar is brought back to 
the sanctuary. 

The extinction of the lights one after the other signifies 
the abandonment of Christ by His disciples; the candle 
taken behind the altar represents the death and burial 
of our Lord; the darkness of the sanctuary and the noise 
there made refer to the obscuring of the sun and the 





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earthquake that occurred at the time of the Saviour’s 
death, and the light brought back to the sanctuary 
symbolizes the Resurrection. 

During these final days of Holy Week the Church 
anticipates the time for celebrating Matins and Lauds 
in order to make the sublime office of Tenebrae more con- 
venient for the laity. All the faithful, therefore, who 
can possibly do so, should be present at these ancient 
and venerable mourning services in memory of the Passion 
and death of our Redeemer. 


HOLY OR MAUNDY THURSDAY 


N many cathedrals and other churches there is still 

observed on this day the ancient custom of washing 
the feet of certain poor men, or ecclesiastics, in Imitation 
of our Lord, who washed the feet of the disciples at the 
Last Supper. This ceremony is called “maundy,” from 
the Latin “mandatum’”’ (command), because our Lord, 
after washing the disciples’ feet, commanded that they 
should do the same, one to another. 

In ancient times, also, Holy Thursday was the day 
on which those who had been doing public penance during 
Lent were reconciled with the Church. 

To-day the chief observances of Holy Thursday are 
three: (1) in the morning the Mass and procession of the 
Blessed Sacrament to the repository, in commemoration 
of the institution on this day of the Holy Eucharist: 
(z) in Cathedral churches, the blessing by the Bishop of 
the holy oils used in administering Baptism, Confirmation 
and Extreme Unction during the year: (3) the stripping 
of the altars after Vespers in memory of the parting of 
our Lord’s garments at the crucifixion. 


NT. While they were at supper Jesus took 
bread, and blessed, and broke, and gave to 
His disciples. 
V. A new commandment I give you. 
R. That you love one another as I have loved 
you. 


206 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


Let us Pray 


GOD, from Whom Judas received the 

punishment of his guilt and the thief the 
reward of his contrition, grant us the fruit of 
Thy mercy, that, as our Lord Jesus Christ in 
His Passion gave recompense to each according 
to his merits, so may He deliver us from our 
sins and bestow on us the grace of His Resur- 
rection. Who liveth and reigneth, forever and 
ever. Amen. 


Prayers for a Visit to the Repository 


ING, my tongue, the Saviour’s glory, 
Of His Flesh the mystery sing: 
Of His Blood all price exceeding, 
Shed by our immortal King, 
Destined, for the world’s redemption, 
From a noble womb to spring. 


Of a pure and spotless virgin 
Born for us on earth below, 

He, as man with man conversing, 
Stayed, the seeds of truth to sow; 

Then He closed in solemn order 
Wondrously His life of woe. 


On the night of the Last Supper, 
Seated with His chosen band, 

He the Paschal victim eating, 
First fulfils the Law’s command; 

Then as food to all His brethren 
Gives Himself with His own hand. 


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Word made flesh, the bread of nature 
By His word to Flesh He turns, 
Wine into His Blood He changes: — 
What though sense no change discerns? 
Only be the heart in earnest, 
Faith her lesson quickly learns. 


Down m adoration falling, 

Lo! the sacred Host we hail; 
Lo! o’er ancient forms departing, 
Newer rites of grace prevail; 
Faith for all defects supplying, 

Where the feeble senses fail. 


To the everlasting Father, 
And the Son, Who reigns on high, 
With the Holy Ghost proceeding 
Forth from each eternally, 
Be salvation, honor, blessing, 
Might and endless majesty. Amen. 


V. Thou hast given them Bread from heaven. 
R. Containing all manner of sweetness. 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Who hast left us, in this wonderful 


Sacrament, a perpetual memorial of Thy 
Passion, grant us, we beseech Thee, so to rever- 
ence the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood 
that we may ever find in our souls the fruit of 
Thy Redemption. Who livest and reignest, for- 


ever and ever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—Pius VII. Aug. 24, 1818.) 


208 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


Act of Reparation 
N the name of the Father, etc. 

Most adorable Saviour, by the most won- 
derful prodigy of Thy love for us, Thou dost shut 
Thyself up m the most Blessed Sacrament of the 
altar m order to be the perpetual sacrifice of the 
New Law, the innocent victim of our sins, the 
celestial food of our souls, our kind physician, 
our good master, our powerful mediator, and our 
loving father. But, alas, with what infinite in- 
gratitude on our part, Thine infinite kindness Is 
repaid. 

Prostrate before Thine altar, where Thou art 
as really present as in the highest heavens, we 
come to make reparation for all the injuries and 
for all the megratitude inflicted on Thy loving 
Heart in this Sacrament. 

O divine Jesus, grant us to make a fitting 
reparation for all blasphemies, for all profana- 
tions, and all sacrileges ever committed; for the 
want of devotion and neglect of preparation for 
Holy Communion, for the little fruit we have 
drawn from it. 

Pardon, O Lord, pardon for so many Christians 
who know Thee not and who offend Thee; for 
so many heretics who insult Thee; for so many 
impious men and apostates who persecute Thee. 
By the fervor of our love we would wish to make 
amends to Thee for all their contempt and for all 
their sacrileges. 

How happy should we be, O Jesus, could we 
but make reparation to Thy glory by our respect, 
by our zeal, aye, even by the shedding of our 


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blood. At least, most adorable Saviour, grant 
us the grace to love Thee in the most Holy 
Sacrament of the altar with the most tender, the 
most generous, the most perfect, the most 
constant love. 

Virgin most holy, by thy holy and immaculate 
heart, make us enter into the adorable Heart of 
thy divine Son, Jesus Christ. 

O sweet St. Joseph, obtain for me the gift of 
prayer and of perpetual union with Jesus and 
Mary. Amen. 


Prayers for Daily Communion 


SWEETEST Jesus, Who came into this 

world to enrich the souls of all with Thy 
grace, and Who, in order to preserve and increase 
it in their midst in the most august Sacrament 
of the Eucharist gave Thyself to be a salutary 
remedy for our infirmities and divine food to sus- 
tain our weakness; we humbly beg of Thee merci- 
fully to pour out upon all men Thy holy Spirit, 
which may enable them, if stained with any mor- 
tal guilt, to recover the life of grace Jost by sin, 
and return to Thee; while those who through 
Thy great mercy are still united with Thee, may 
daily, so far as each may be able, approach Thy 
heavenly table, where they may find strength, 
and an antidote for their daily faults, may nour- 
ish the life of grace within them and, being more 
and more purified, may attain to everlasting 


happiness in heaven. Amen. 
(Ind. of 300 days once a week. — Prius X. June 3, 


1905.) 


210 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


Tantum Ergo 


OWN in adoration falling, 
Lo! the sacred Host we hail; 
Lo! o’er ancient forms departing, 
Newer rites of grace prevail; 
Faith for all defects supplying, 
Where the feeble senses fail. 


To the everlasting Father, 

And the Son, Who reigns on high, 
With the Holy Ghost proceeding 
Forth from each eternally, 

Be salvation, honor, blessing, 
Might and endless majesty. Amen. 


V. Thou hast given them Bread from heaven 
R. Containing all manner of sweetness. 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Who hast Ieft us, in this wonderful 


Sacrament, a: perpetual memorial of Thy 
Passion: grant us, we beseech Thee, so to rever- 
ence the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood 
that we may ever find in our souls the fruit of 
Thy Redemption. Who livest and reignest, for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius VII. Aug. 24, 1818.) 


Upon That Hallowed Night 
PON that hallowed night 
Christ with His brethren ate, 
Obedient to the olden Law, 
The Pasch before Him set. 


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Which done — Himself entire, 
The true, incarnate God, 

Alike on each, alike on all, 
His sacred hands bestowed. 


He gave His Flesh; He gave 
His Precious Blood; and said: 
“Receive and drink ye all of this, 
For your salvation shed.” 
Thus did the Lord appoint 
This sacrifice sublime, 
And made His priests its ministers 
Through all the bounds of time. 


Farewell to types! Henceforth 
We feed on angels’ food: 

The guilty slave — oh, wonder! — eats 
The body of his God! 

O blessed Triune Deity! 
Visit our hearts, we pray; 

And Jead us on through Thine own paths 
To Thy eternal day. Amen. 


Act of Devout Affection to Jesus in the 
Blessed Sacrament 

EHOLD, my dear and Joving Jesus, where- 
unto Thy great excess of charity has arrived. 
Thou, of Thy sacred Flesh and most Precious 
Blood, hast prepared for me a divine banquet, 
wherein to give me all Thyself. Oh, what has 
moved Thee to this transport\of love? Most 
certainly Thy loving Heart alone. O ever-adorable 
Heart of my Jesus! burning furnace of divine love! 


212 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


receive into Thy sacred wound my poor soul, 
that, i Thy school of charity, it may ever learn 
how to love this God Who has given me such 
wonderful proofs of His divine love. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days. — Prus VII. Feb. 9, 1818.) 


The Word Descending 
(From Verbum supernum) 


HE Word, descending from above, 
Though with the Father still on high, 
Went forth upon His work of love, 
And soon to life’s last eve drew nigh. 


He shortly to a death accursed 

By a disciple shall be given; 

But to His twelve disciples first 

He gives Himself, the Bread of heaven. 


Himself in either kind He gave: 

He gave His Flesh, He gave His Blood; 
Of flesh and blood all men are made; 
And He of man would be the food. 


At bicth our brother He became; 
At board Himself as food He gives; 
To ransom us He died in shame; 
As our reward in bliss He lives. 


O saving Victim! opening wide 

The gate of heaven to man below! 

Our foes press on from every side; 
Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow, 


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To Thy great name be endless praise, 
Immortal Godhead, one in three! 

Oh, grant us endless Iength of days, 

In our true native land with Thee. Amen. 


Indulgences for Holy Thursday 


1. Plenary, to all who on Holy Thursday, either in 
public or private, shall for one hour practise some devo- 
tion in remembrance of the institution of the most Holy 
Eucharist; to be gained after confession and communion 
on that day, or some day in the following week, a prayer 
for the Pope being added. 

2. Plenary once for a visit to the repository on Holy 
Thursday and Good Friday. Conditions: Confession, 
Communion, prayers for the Holy Father’s intention. 

3. Ten years and ten quarantines for every further 
visit, with prayers for the Pope. (Prus IX. June 18, 1876.) 


DEVOTIONS FOR GOOD FRIDAY 


HIS day is called “good” because on it the conde- 

scension and goodness of God were exceedingly 
manifested toward mankind in the death of the Saviour 
of the world. Its ceremonies may be divided into four 
parts. (1) The Mass of the Catechumens, which consists 
of lessons from the Old Testament, foretelling the Redemp- 
tion of the nations by Christ and typifying His immola- 
tion in the sacrifice of the Paschal Iamb. A prayer for 
forgiveness of sin Is also offered and this first part of the 
day’s ceremonies is concluded with the reading of the 
Passion of our Lord according to St. John. (2) Next 
follow the Good Friday supplications, in which solemn 
intercessions are made for the whole human race, for 
the Church, the Pope, Bishops, priests, deacons, and all 
the other clergy and the laity; for catechumens, for here-~ 
tics, schismatics, Jews and pagans; for the unfortunate, 
the sick, prisoners, travelers and sailors. This is the only 
day in the year on which the Church prays publicly and 
solemnly for those outside her communion. (3) The 


214 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


adoration of the cross constitutes the third part of today’s 
ceremonies. The cross is three times held up before the 
people and gradually unveiled, so that they may look 
upon the instrument of their salvation. At this same 
time those assisting the priest genuflect in adoration. 
The cross is then placed on a cushion before the altar, 
and solemnly venerated first by the celebrant and his 
ministers and then by all the faithful. Meanwhile are 
read or sung the reproaches uttered by the Messiah 
against those who had rejected Him. The hymn “Crux 
fidelis,” “Faithful Cross,” terminates this third part. 
(4) Good Friday service ends with the Mass of the Pre- 
sanctified, which is not a real sacrifice since there Is no 
consecration on that day. The Church is so absorbed 
with the thought of our Lord’s death on this, its sorrow- 
ful anniversary, that she does not renew the tmmolation 
of the divine Victim on the altar. The Mass of the 
Presanctified is, therefore, ‘mn reality only a Communion 
service. It begins with the procession to the repository 
during which the beautiful hymn “Vexilla Regis’’ is 
sung. The sacred Host which was consecrated the day 
before is now brought back to the altar and incensed, 
and the priest takes wine and water into the chalice 
and again incenses the oblation and the altar. After 
washing his fingers he says the “Orate fratres’? and the 
“Pater Noster,” elevates and breaks the Host, and con- 
cludes the service wit: his Communion and the taking of 
the ablutions. Besides the celebrant, only those in danger 
of death are allowed to receive Holy Communion on 


Good Friday. 


NT. Toward the ninth hour Jesus cried out 
with a loud voice: My God, Why hast Thou 
forsaken Me? And bowing His head, He gave 
up the ghost. 
V. Lord, remember me. 
R. When Thou comest into Thy kingdom. 





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Let us Pray 


OOK down, we beseech Thee, O Lord, upon 

us for whose sake our Lord Jesus Christ 
hesitated not to yield Himself into the hands of 
sinners, and to suffer the torments of the cross. 
Who liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen. 


Abroad the Regal Banners Fly 
(Vexilla Regis) 
BROAD the regal banners fly, 


Now shines the cross’s mystery; 
Upon it Life did death endure, 
And yet by death did life procure. 


Who, wounded with a direful spear, 
Did, purposely to wash us clear 
From stain of sin, pour out a flood 
Of precious Water mixed with Blood. 


That which the Prophet-King of old 
Hath in mysterious verse foretold, 
Is now accomplished, whilst we see 
God ruling nations from a Tree. 


O lovely and refulgent Tree, 
Adorned with purpled majesty; 
Culled from a worthy stock, to bear 
Those Limbs which sanctifiéd were. 


Blest Tree, whose happy branches bore 
The wealth that did the world restore; 
The beam that did that Body weigh 
Which raised up hell’s expected prey. 


216 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


Hail, Cross, of hopes the most sublime! 
Now in this mournful Passion time, 
Improve religious souls in grace, 

The sins of criminals efface. 


Blest Trinity, salvation’s spring, 
May every soul Thy praises sing; 
To those Thou grantest conquest by 
The holy Cross, rewards apply. 


The Seven Words upon the Cross 


NCLINE unto my aid, O God. 
R. O Lord, make haste to help me. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 


The First Word 
ATHER, forgive them for they know not 
what they do. 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 


MY beloved Jesus, Who for the love of 

me didst agonize on the cross that Thou 
mightest pay by Thy sufferings the debt due to 
my sins, and didst open Thy divine mouth to 
obtain my pardon from eternal justice, have 
mercy on all the faithful in their agony, and on 
myself when I shall be in that extremity, and, 
by the merits of Thy most Precious Blood shed 
for our salvation, give us so lively a sorrow for 


DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 217 


our sins that we may breathe out our souls into 
the bosom of Thine infinite mercy. Glory be to 
the Father, etc. (three times). 

V. Have mercy on us, O Lord. 

R. Have mercy on us. 

O my God, I believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, 
I love Thee, and I repent of having offended Thee 
by my sins. 


The Second Word 


HIS day Thou shalt be with Me m paradise. 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we 
bless Thee. 
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 


BELOVED Jesus, Who for the love of me 
didst agonize on the cross, and with such 
readiness and bounty didst respond to the faith 
of the Good Thief, who in the midst of Thy 
humiliation acknowledged Thee to be the Son 
of God: O Thou Who didst assure him of para- 
dise, have mercy on all the faithful in their agony, 
and on me also when I shall be in that extremity, 
and, through the merits of Thy most Precious 
Blood, revive in our souls a faith so firm and 
constant that it may not waver at any suggestion 
of the devil, so that we also may obtain the 
blessed reward of heaven. Glory be to the Father, 
etc. (three times). 
Have mercy, etc. 


218 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


The Third Word 


EHOLD Thy Son; behold thy Mother. 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we 
bless Thee. 
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 


BELOVED Jesus, Who for the love of me 

didst agonize on the cross, and, forgetting 
Thy sufferings, didst leave us as a pledge of Thy 
love Thine own most holy Mother, that through 
her we might confidently have recourse to Thee 
In our greatest need: have mercy on all the faith- 
ful in their agony, and on me also when I shall 
be in that extremity, and, through the mterior 
martyrdom of this Thy dear Mother, awaken 
in our hearts a firm hope in the infinite merits 
of Thy most Precious Blood, that we may avoid 
the eternal damnation which our sins have de- 
served. Glory be to the Father, etc. (three times). 

Have mercy, etc. 


The Fourth Word 


Y God! My God! why hast Thou forsaken 
Me? 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 


BELOVED Jesus, Who for the love of me 
didst agonize on the cross, and, heaping 
suffering on suffering, didst endure with infinite 





DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 219 


patience not only Thy many bodily tortures, but 
the most heavy affliction of spirit through the 
dereliction of Thine eternal Father: have mercy 
on all the faithful mm their agony, and on me also 
~when I shall be in that extremity, and, through 
the merits of Thy most Precious Blood, give us 
- grace to suffer with true patience all the pains 
and afflictions of our agony, that, uniting them 
with Thme, we may be partakers of Thy glory in 
paradise. Glory be to the Father, etc. (three times). 
Have mercy, etc. 


The Fifth Word 


THIRST. 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 


BELOVED Jesus, Who didst agonize on the 

cross for the love of me, and Who, not 
satisfied with all the ignominy and suffering, 
wouldst willingly have suffered yet more, so that 
all men might be saved — as was clearly proved 
when all the torrents of Thy Passion would not 
allay the thirst of Thy tender Heart: have mercy 
on all the faithful in their agony, and on me also 
when I shall be in that extremity, and, through 
the merits of Thy most Precious Blood, enkindle 
such a fire of charity in our hearts as may cause 
them to burn with the desire of uniting themselves, 
to Thee for all eternity. Glory be to the Father, 
etc. (three times). Have mercy, etc. 


220 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


The Sixth Word 
T IS consummated. 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 


BELOVED Jesus, Who for the love of me 

didst agonize on the cross, and from that 
throne of truth didst announce the completion 
of the work of our Redemption, through which, 
from being the children of wrath and perdition, 
we are become the children of God and the heirs 
of heaven: have Mercy on all the faithful in 
their agony, and on me also when I shall be in 
that extremity, and, through the merits of Thy 
most Precious Blood, detach us entirely from the 
world and from ourselves, and at the moment 
of our agony give us grace sincerely to offer Thee 
the sacrifice of our life in expiation of our sins. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. (three times). 

Have mercy, etc. 


The Seventh Word 
ATHER, into Thy hands I commend My 
spirit. 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 


BELOVED Jesus, Who didst agonize on the 
cross for the love of me, and Who, in com- 
pleting this great sacrifice, didst accept the will 








DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 221 


of Thine eternal Father, by resigning Thy spirit 
into His hands, and then bowing Thy head and 
dying: have mercy on all the faithful in their 
agony, and on me also when [ shall be in that 
extremity, and, through the merits of Thy most 
Precious Blood, give us, in our agony, an entire 
conformity to the divine will, that we may be 
ready either to live or die according as it shall 
best please Thee, desiring nothing but the 
accomplishment of Thy blessed will n us. Glory 
be to the Father, etc. (three times). 
Have mercy, etc. 


A Prayer to Our Blessed Lady of Sorrows 
HOLY Mother, most afflicted by the bitter 


sorrow which thou didst endure at the foot 
of the cross during the three hours’ agony of 
Jesus: vouchsafe to assist all of us, the children 
of thy sorrows, in our last agony, that through 
thine intercession we may pass from the bed of 


death to form a crown for thee in the heavenly 





paradise. Hail Mary, etc. (three times). 


O Mary, Mother of grace, 

Mother of mercy, 

Protect us from the enemy, 

And receive us at the hour of death. 

V. From sudden and unlooked-for death, 
R. O Lord, deliver us. 

V. From the snares of the devil, 

R. O Lord, deliver us. 

V. From everlasting death, 

R. O Lord, deliver us. 


222 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Who for the salvation of mankind 


didst give an example and a help im the 
Passion and death of Thy Son: grant, we beseech 
Thee, that in the hour of our death we may 
experience the effects of this Thy charity, and 
deserve to be partakers in the glory of Him our 
Redeemer, through the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 

R. Amen. 


ESUS, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my 
heart and my soul. 
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me in my last 
agony. 
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe forth 
my soul in peace with you. 


(Ind. of 7 years and 7 quarantimes, each time. — 
Leo XIII. Dec. 8, 1897.) 


GOOD FRIDAY REPROACHES 


Y people! what have I done to thee? Or in 
what have I grieved thee? Answer Me. 

Because I brought thee out of the land of 
Egypt: thou hast prepared a cross for thy 
Saviour. 

Holy God. 

Holy God. 

Holy and strong God, 

Holy and strong God. 

Holy and immortal God! have mercy on us. 

Holy and immortal God! have mercy on us. 


DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 223 


ECAUSE I led thee through the desert forty 
years and fed thee with manna and brought 
thee into an excellent land; thou hast prepared 
a cross for thy Saviour. 
Holy God. 
Holy God. 
Holy and strong God. 
Holy and strong God. 
Holy and immortal God! have mercy on us. 
Holy and immortal God! have mercy on us. 


HAT more should I have done to thee, and 
have not done? I have planted thee for My 
most beautiful vineyard: and thou hast proved 
very bitter to Me: for m My thirst thou gavest 
Me vinegar to drink; and with a spear thou hast 
pierced the side of thy Saviour. 
Holy God. 
Holy God. 
Holy and strong God. 
Holy and strong God. 
Holy and immortal God! have mercy on us. 
Holy and immortal God! have mercy on us. 


OR thy sake I scourged Egypt with her first- 
born; and thou hast delivered Me to be 
scourged. 

I brought thee out of Egypt, having drowned 
Pharao in the Red Sea; and thou hast delivered 
Me over to the chief priests. 

I opened the sea before thee; and thou with 
a spear hast opened My side. 

I went before thee m a pillar of the cloud; and 
thou hast brought Me to the palace of Pilate. 


224 DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 


I fed thee with manna in the desert; and thou 
hast beaten Me with buffets and scourges. 

I gave thee wholesome water to drink out of 
the rock; and thou hast given Me gall and 
vinegar. 

For thy sake I struck the kings of the Chanaan- 
ites; and thou hast struck My head with a reed. 

I gave thee a royal sceptre; and thou hast 
given Me a crown of thorns. 

I have exalted thee with great strength; and 
Thou hast hanged Me on the gibbet of the cross. 


Y people! what have I done to thee? Or 
in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me. 


On Good Friday, it is most appropriate to say “The 
Stations of the Cross,”’ see page 371. 


DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY SATURDAY 


Originally the service of this day was celebrated during 
the Iate hours of Saturday night as an Easter vigil. The 
faithful watched in the Church all night, awaiting the 
dawn, the hour of the Resurrection, when the joyful 
Mass of Easter would be celebrated. Meanwhile, the 
long preparation of the catechumens was concluded with 
solemn Baptism, their resurrection to newness of life. 

Holy Saturday ceremonies are as follows. (1) The 
blessing of the new fire and the Paschal candle. The new 
fire struck from flint represents Christ the corner-stone 
and light of the world. The Paschal candle symbolizes 
the radiance and glory of His Resurrection. (2) Next 
follow twelve prophecies taken from the Old Testament 
accompanied by prayers. These lessons, intended prin- 
cipally for the candidates for Baptism, contain types of 
the Redemption, of the Resurrection, of Baptism and of 
the Church. (3) After this comes the blessing of the 
baptismal font, which in early days was followed by 
Baptism and Confirmation of the candidates who were 
prepared for these Sacraments. (4) Finally there are the 





DEVOTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK 225 


Litany of the Saints and the Mass. Immediately after 
the Communion, first vespers of Easter are sung. 


NT. In the end of the Sabbath when it 
began to dawn toward the first day of the 
week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary 
to see the sepulchre. 
V. His place is in peace. 


R. And His abode in Sion. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who dost gladden us by the annual 

expectation of the Resurrection of Thy Son, 
mercifully preserve in us the spirit of adoption 
which we received in holy Baptism, that we may 
ever show forth a pure service in Thy sight. 


To Jesus in the Sepulchre 
ESU! as though Thyself wert here, 


I draw in trembling sorrow near; 
And, hanging o’er Thy form divine, 
Kneel down to kiss these wounds of Thine. 
Hail, awful brow! hail, thorny wreath! 
Hail, countenance now pale in death! 
Whose glance but late so brightly blazed, 
That angels trembled as they gazed. 

And hail to thee, my Saviour’s side; 
And hail to thee, thou wound so wide; 
Thou wound more ruddy than the rose, 
True antidote of all our woes! 

Oh, by those sacred hands and feet 
For me so mangled! I entreat, 

My Jesu, turn me not away, 

But let me here forever stay. 


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Prayers for Paschaltive 
EASTER SUNDAY 


NT. Christ our Pasch is immolated; there- 
fore let us feast with the unleavened bread 
of sincerity and truth. Alleluia! 
V. This is the day which the Lord hath made. 
Alleluia. 


R. Let us be glad and rejoice therein. Alleluia. 


Let us Pray 
'@) GOD, Who through Thine only-begotten Son 


hast on this day overcome death and opened 
unto us the gate of everlasting life, follow up 
with Thine aid the desires which Thou didst 
forestall with Thme inspiration. Through the 
same Christ our Lord. Amen. 





PRAYERS FOR PASCHALTIDE 227 


The Paschal Sequence 


HRIST the Lord is risen today; 
Christians, haste your vows to pay; 

Offer ye your praises meet 
At the Paschal Victim’s feet; 
For the sheep the Lamb hath bled, 
Sinless m the sinner’s stead. 
Christ the Lord is risen on high; 
Now He lives, no more to die. 
Christ, the Victim undefiled, 
Man to God hath reconciled, 
When in strange and awful strife 
Met together death and life; 
Christians, on this happy day, 
Haste with joy your vows to pay. 
Christ the Lord is risen on high; 
Now he lives, no more to die. 
Say, O wond’ring Mary, say 
What thou sawest on the way. 
“T beheld where Christ had lain, 
Empty tomb and angels twain; 
I beheld the glory bright 
Of the risen Lord of light; 
Christ, my hope, is risen again, 
Now He lives, and lives to reign.” 
Christ, who once for sinners bled, 
Now the first-born from the dead, 
Throned in endless might and power, 
Lives and reigns forevermore. 
Hail, eternal hope on high! 
Hail, Thou King of victory! 
Hail, ‘Fhou Prince of life adored! 


Help and save us, gracious Lord. 


228 PRAYERS FOR PASCHALTIDE 


ROGATION DAYS 


In the fifth century, St. Mamertus, Bishop of Vienne, 
appointed three days of public prayer and procession for 
his diocese In consequence of certain great calamities, 
such as fire, earthquakes, and other scourges which were 
devastating his country. During these processions, Lit- 
anies were recited to appease the anger of God. This 
custom later became universal, and the three days before 
Ascension were set aside by the Church as the time for 
these public prayers. Even before St. Mamertus, it was 
customary in Rome to have a procession of this kind on 
St. Mark’s day, April 25, which procession became known 
as the Greater Litanies. The three days before Ascen- 
sion are called Rogation Days, or days of intercession, 
At the present time these are days of special prayer for 
the coming harvest. The Litany of the Saints is most 
appropriate for these days. See page 445. 


NT. Ask and you shall receive, seek and 

you shall find, knock and it shall be opened 

to you; for every one that asketh receiveth and 

he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh 
It shall be opened. 

V. He heard my voice from His holy temple. 

R. And my cry before Him came into His ears 


Let us Pray 
RANT, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that 


we, who in our affliction confide in Thy lov- 
ing kindess, may be ever defended by Thy pro- 
tection against all adversity. Through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 





PRAYERS FOR PASCHALTIDE 229 


ASCENSION DAY 


NT. God is ascended in jubilee, and the 
Lord with the sound of trumpet. Alleluia. 
V. The Lord is in Sina, in the holy place. 
Alleluia. 
R. Ascending on high, He hath led captivity 
captive. Alleluia! 


Let us Pray 


RANT, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that 
we who believe Thine only-begotten Son, 
our Redeemer, to have this day ascended into 
heaven, may ourselves dwell in spirit amid hea- 
venly things. Through the same Christ our 


Lord. Amen. 
WHITSUNDAY, OR PENTECOST 


NT. There came suddenly a sound from 
heaven as of a mighty wind coming where 
they were sitting; and they were all filled with 
the Holy Ghost, speaking the wonderful works 
of God. Alleluia. 
V. Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy 
faithful. Alleluia. 
R. And kindle in them the fire of Thy love. 
Alleluia, 
Let us Pray 


GOD, Who on this day didst teach the hearts 

of Thy faithful, by the light of Thy Holy 
Spirit: grant us by the same Spirit to have a 
right judgment in all things, and evermore to 
rejoice in His holy comfort. Through our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 


230 PRAYERS FOR PASCHALTIDE 


PENTECOSTAL SEQUENCE 
(VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS) 


OLY Spirit! Lord of light, 
From Thy clear celestial height, 
Thy pure beaming radiance give. 


Come, Thou Father of the poor! 
Come, with treasures which endure, 
Come, Thou light of all that live. 


Thou, of all consolers best, 
Visiting the troubled breast, 
Dost refreshing peace bestow; 


Thou im toil art comfort sweet; 
Pleasant coolness in the heat; 
Solace in the midst of woe. 


Light immortal! light divine! 
Visit Thou these hearts of Thine, 
And our inmost being fill. 


If Thou take Thy grace away, 
Nothing pure in man will stay; 
All his good is turn’d to ill. 


Heal our wounds — our strength renew; 
On our dryness pour Thy dew; 
Wash the stains of guilt away; 


Bend the stubborn heart and will; 
- Melt the frozen, warm the chill; 
Guide the steps that go astray. 


PRAYERS FOR PASCHALTIDE 231, 


Thou, on those who evermore 
Thee confess and Thee adore, 
In Thy sevenfold gifts descend; 


Give them comfort when they die; 
Give them life with Thee on high; 
Give them joys which never end. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days on Whitsunday; 100 days on other 
days. Prayers for intention of Pope to be added. — 
Pius VI. May 26, 1796.) 


PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE CHURCH 


HOLY SPIRIT, Creator, be propitious to 

the Catholic Church; and by Thy heavenly 
power make it strong and secure against the 
attacks of its enemies; and renew in charity and 
grace the spirit of Thy servants, whom Thou 
hast anointed, that they may glorify Thee and 
the Father and His only-begotten Son, Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days once a day. — Leo XIII. Aug. 26, 
1889.) 


PRAYER FOR THE NATIONS 


OLY SPIRIT, Spirit of truth, come into our 

hearts; shed the brightness of Thy light on 

all nations, that they may be one in faith and 
pleasmg to Thee. 


(Ind. of 100 days once a day.—Leo XIII. July 31, 1897: ) 


232 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI 


NT. I am the living Bread that came down 
from heaven: if any man shall eat of this 
Bread, he shall live forever. 
V. Thou hast given them Bread from heaven. 
Alleluia. 
R. Having in itself all manner of sweetness. 
Alleluia. 
Let us Pray 
GOD, Who mm this wonderful Sacrament hast 
left us a memorial of Thy Passion, grant 
us, we beseech Thee, so to reverence the sacred 
mysteries of Thy Body and Blood that we may 
ever find in our souls the fruit of Thy Redemp- 
tion. Who livest and reignest forever and ever. 
Amen. 


FEAST OF SS. PETER AND PAUL 
(June 29) 
NT. Peter, the Apostle, and Paul, the 
Doctor of the nations, these have taught 
us Thy law, O Lord. 
__Y. Thou shalt make them princes over all the 
earth. 
R. They shall remember Thy Name, O Lord. 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Who hast made holy this day by the 
martyrdom of Thine apostles, Peter and 
Paul, grant unto Thy Church that as through 
them she first received the faith, so may she in 
all things follow their precepts. Through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 233 


FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION 
(August 15) 


NT. Mary hath been taken up into heaven: 
the angels rejoice, and, blessing God, praise 
Him with one voice. 
V. The holy Mother of God is exalted. 
R. Above the choirs of angels to the heavenly 
kingdom. 


Let us Pray 


LORD, may we obtain salutary help this 
venerable feast day on which the holy 
Mother of God suffered death for a time, but 
could not be held by its bonds — she who brought 
forth in the flesh Thy Son, our Lord. Who liveth 


and reigneth forever and ever. Amen. 


PRAYER OF ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA 


HOLY Mary, my mistress, into thy blessed 

trust and special custody, and into the bosom 
of thy mercy I this day, every day, and in the 
hour of my death, commend my soul and my 
body: to thee I commit all my anxieties and 
miseries, my life and the end of my life, that by 
thy most holy intercession and by thy merits 
all my actions may be directed and disposed ac- 
cording to thy will and that of thy Son. Amen. 


(Ind. of 200 days. — Leo XIII. March 15, 1890.) 


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Ember Daps 


The Ember Days are kept on Wednesday, Friday, and 
Saturday in a week of each of the four seasons of the 
year. They fall after Ash Wednesday, after Whitsunday, 
after September 14, and after December 13. 

Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday were days of par- 
ticular devotion in the early Church: Wednesday, as 
recalling the betrayal of our Lord, and Friday in memory 
of His Passion, Saturday was later added to these days 
of prayer and penance as a continuation of Friday, and as 
far back as the second century they were set apart as Sta- 
tional days, that is, as days of special religious service 
and fasting. 

The Ember Days, although the occasion of their in- 
stitution is uncertain, are a reminder of these ancient 
days of devotion. Their purpose is to thank God for 
the fruits of the earth and other gifts of nature, to teach 
moderation in their use, and to assist the needy. From 
the time of Pope Gelasius in the fifth century it has been 
allowed to confer the diaconate and priesthood on the 
Saturdays of Ember weeks. 


NT. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never 
forget all He hath done for thee. 
V. Lord, Thou hast been our refuge. 
R, From generation to generation. 


PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 235 


Let us Pray 


RANT, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that 

as year by year we devoutly keep these holy 

observances, we may be pleasing to Thee both 

in body and soul. Through Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


IN HONOR OF CHRIST'S BETRAYAL AND 
PASSION 

GOD, Who for the world’s Redemption wast 

pleased to be born, circumcised, rejected by 
the Jews, betrayed by the kiss of the traitor Judas, 
bound with chains, led like an mnocent Iamb to 
sacrifice, and shamefully presented before Annas, 
Caiphas, Pilate, and Herod, accused by false 
witnesses, beaten with whips, buffeted, insulted, 
spat upon, crowned with thorns, smitten with 
a reed, blindfolded, stripped of Thy garments, 
fastened with nails to the cross and lifted up on 
high, reputed among thieves, made to drink gall 
and vinegar and wounded by a lance; oh, by 
these most sacred suffermgs, which, unworthy as 
I am, I thus commemorate, and by Thy holy 
cross and death, deliver me, Lord, from the pains 
of hell, and deign to Jead me where Thou didst 
lead the penitent thief, who was crucified by 
Thy side. Who, with the Father and the Holy 
Ghost, lIrvest and reignest, forever and ever. 
Amen. 


Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, 


etc., five times. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—Pivs VII. Aug. 25, 1820.) 


236 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


PRAYER FOR GOD’S BLESSING ON OUR 
LABORS 


LORD, graciously look down upon Thy 

servants and upon the work of their hands, 
and do Thou, Who givest food to every creature, 
bless and preserve the fruits of the earth, that 
the needy may be filled with good things and 
that all may praise the glory of Thy bounty. 
Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD 
NT. Why stand ye all the day idle, go ye 


into my vineyard. 
V. Ask the Lord of the harvest. 
R. That He send laborers into His vineyard. 


Let us Pray 
OD, who willest not the death of the sinner, 
but rather that he be converted and live; 
grant, by the intercession of blessed Mary ever 
Virgin and of all the saints, laborers for Thy 
Church, fellow laborers with Christ, to spend 
and consume themselves for souls. Through the 

same Jesus Christ, etc. Amen. 

(Ind. of 300 days. — Prus X. March 30, 1908.) 


FEAST OF ALL SAINTS 
(November 1) 
NT. Let us all rejoice in the Lord, celebrat- 
ing a festival day in honor of all the saints, 
at whose solemnity the angels rejoice and give 
praise to the Son of God. 
V. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just. 
R. Praise becometh the upright. 


PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS = 237 


Let us Pray 
LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by Whose 


favor we venerate in one solemnity the 
merits of all Thy saints: we beseech Thee that 
through the multitude of our intercessors Thou 
wouldst bestow upon us the fulness of Thy 
mercy, which we long for. Through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


The Litany of the Saints is a very suitable prayer for 
this great feast-day. See page 445. 


ALL SOULS’ DAY 
(November 2) 


NT. Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, de- 
liver the souls of all the faithful departed 
from the pains of hell, and from the depths of 
the pit: deliver them from the mouth of the lion, 
lest hell swallow them up, lest they fall into dark- 
ness: but let the standard-bearer, St. Michael, 
bring them into the holy light. Which Thou didst 
promise of old to Abraham, and to his seed. 
V. Accept, O Lord, our prayers in behalf of 
those souls whom we this day commemorate. 


R. Grant that they may pass from death to 
life. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, the Lord of mercies, grant to the souls 
of Thy servants and handmaids a place of 
refreshment, rest, and happiness, and the glory 
of Thy light. Through Christ our Lord. Amen, 


238 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


FOR THOSE WHO REPOSE IN A CEMETERY 


GOD, in Whose tender mercy the souls of 

the faithful are at rest, of Thy favor give 
unto the souls of all Thy servants and hand- 
maidens, who here and everywhere sleep in Christ, 
pardon of sin; that they being absolved from all 
guilt, may evermore rejoice with Thee. Through 
our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy 
Ghost, forever and ever. Amen. 


FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 


(December 8) 


NT. This is the rod in which was neither 
knot of original sin, nor rind of actual guilt. 
V. In thy conception, O Virgin, thou wast 
immaculate. 
R, Pray for us to the Father, Whose Son thou 
didst bring forth. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who by the Immaculate Conception 

of the Virgin, didst prepare a worthy habi- 
tation for Thy Son, we beseech Thee, that as by 
the foreseen death of that same Son Thou didst 
preserve her from all-stain, so, too, Thou wouldst 
permit us, purified through her, intercession, to 
‘come unto Thee. Through the same Christ our 


Lord. Amen. 
-. (Ind. of 106 days. — Prus IX. March 31, 1876.) 


PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 239 


PRAYER OF PRAISE 


HOU art all fair, O Mary. 
Thou art all fair, O Mary. 

And there is no stain of original sin in thee. 

And there is no stain of original sin in thee. 

Thou art the glory of Jerusalem. 

Thou art the joy of Israel. 

Thou art the honor of our people. 

Thou art the advocate of sinners, 

O Mary, O Mary! 

Virgin most wise, Mother most kind, pray for 
us. 
Intercede for us with Jesus Christ our Lord. 
In thy conception, O Virgin, thou wast im- 
maculate. 

Pray for us to the Father Whose Son thou didst 
bear. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who, by the Immaculate Conception 

of the Virgin, didst prepare a worthy habi- 
tation for Thy Son; we beseech Thee, that as by 
the foreseen death of that same Son Thou didst 
preserve her from all stain, so Thou wouldst per- 
mit us, purified through her mtercession, to come 
unto Thee, Through the same Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


(Plenary Ind. on the Feast of the Immaculate Con- 
ception on condition of confession, communion, visit to 
a church or public chapel, and prayer for the intention of 
the Pope. At other times, Ind. of 300 days once a day. 
— Prus VII. January 11, 1809.) 


240 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


PRAYER OF ST. ALPHONSUS FOR PURITY 


Hail Mary, etc. thrice, and after each: 
By the Immaculate Conception, O Mary, make 
my body pure, and my soul holy. 


(Ind. of 300 days, twice a day, morning and evening. 
— Pius X. December 5, 1904.) 


INDULGENCED EJACULATIONS TO 
MARY IMMACULATE 


O thee, O Virgin Mother, who wast never 
defiled with the slightest stain of original or 
actual sin, I commend and entrust the purity of 
my heart. 
(Ind. of 100 days once a day. — Pius IX. Nov. 26, 
1854.) 
MARY, who didst enter the world free from 


stain, do thou obtain for me from God that 
I may pass out of it free from sin. 
(Ind. of 100 days once a day.— Prius IX. March 27, 
1863.) 


LESSED be the holy and ‘Immaculate Con- 
ception of the most blessed Virgin Mary, 
Mother of God. 


(Ind. of 300 days each time. —Lro XIII. Sept. 10, 
1878.) 


MARY, conceived without sin, pray for us 
who have recourse to thee. 


(Ind. of 100 days once a day. — Leo XIII. March 15, 
1884.) 





FEAST OF CHRISTMAS 


(December 25) 


NT. A light shall shine upon us this day: 
for our Lord is born to us; and He shall 
be called Wonderful, God, the Prince of peace, 
the Father of the world to come, of Whose king- 
dom there shall be no end. 
V. A child is born to us. 
R. And to us a Son is given. 


Let us Pray 
RANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, 


that we who rejoice in celebrating the birth- 
day of our Lord Jesus Christ may deserve by 
holiness of life to attain unto fellowship with 
Him. Who liveth and reigneth forever and ever. 
Amen. 


PRAYER TO JESUS IN THE MANGER 


DIVINE Redeemer Jesus Christ, prostrate 
before Thy crib, I believe Thou art the God 
of infinite Majesty, even though I do see Thee 
here as a helpless babe. I humbly adore and 


242 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


thank Thee for having so humbled Thyself for 
my salvation as to will to be born in a stable. 
I thank Thee for all Thou didst wish to suffer for 
me in Bethlehem, for Thy poverty and humility, 
for Thy nakedness, tears, cold and sufferings. 
Would that I could show Thee that tenderness 
which Thy Virgin Mother had toward Thee, and 
love Thee as she did. Would that I could praise 
Thee with the joy of the angels, that I could 
kneel before Thee with the faith of St. Joseph, 
the simplicity of the shepherds. Uniting myself 
with these first adorers at the crib I offer Thee 
the homage of my heart, and I beg that Thou 
wouldst be born spiritually In my soul. Make 
me reflect in some degree the virtues of Thy 
admirable nativity. Fill me with that spirit of 
renunciation, of poverty, of humility, which 
prompted Thee to assume the weakness of our 
nature, and to be born amid destitution and 
suffering. Grant that from this day forward I 
may in all things seek Thy greater glory, and 
may enjoy that peace promised to men of good 
will, 


THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR 
(December 31) 


An indulgence of 7 years is granted to all the faithful, who 
with at least contrite heart, during the last half hour of the 
year and the first balf bour of the following year, shall pray 
to the Most Holy Trinity in thanksgiving for benefits recewed; 
beseeching the same Holy Trinity for peace among Christian 
nations, for concord among Christian princes, for the con- 
version of sinners, and for the triumph of holy Mother 
Church and its visible bead, the Roman Pontiff. 


PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS’ 243 


ACTS OF THANKSGIVING TO THE MOST 
HOLY TRINITY 


E offer to the Most Holy Trinity the merits 
of Jesus Christ in thanksgiving for the Pre- 
cious Blood which He shed in the Garden for us; 
and by His merits we beseech the divine majesty 
to grant us the pardon of all our sins. Our 


Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


E offer to the Most Holy Trinity the merits 
of Jesus Christ, in thanksgiving for His most 
precious death endured on the cross for us; and 
by His merits we beseech the divine majesty to 
free us from the punishment due to our sins. 


Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, 


etc. 


E offer to the Most Holy Trinity the merits 

of Jesus Christ, in thanksgiving for His 
unspeakable charity, by which He descended from 
heaven to earth to take upon Himself our flesh, 
and to suffer and die for us on the cross; and by 
His merits we beseech the divine majesty to 
bring our souls to the glory of heaven after our 
death. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the 


Father, etc. 
(Ind. of 100 days each time.—Pius IX. June 18, 1876.) 


OST Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy 

Ghost, behold us prostrate in Thy divine 

presence. We humble ourselves profoundly, and 
beg of Thee pardon for our sins. : ny 


244 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


We adore Thee, omnipotent Father, and with 
the outpouring of our hearts we thank Thee for 
having given us Thy divine Son Jesus to be our 
Redeemer, and for having left Him with us to 
the consummation of the world in the most august 
Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, in which mys- 
tery of faith and love He reveals to us the wonders 
of His Sacred Heart. Glory be to the Father, etc. 


DIVINE Word, most adorable Jesus, we 

adore Thee in Thy Sacrament, and with the 
outpouring of our hearts we thank Thee for having 
taken human flesh and for having made Thyself, 
for our redemption, priest and victim in the 
sacrifice of the cross, a sacrifice which, by an 
excess of the love of Thy adorable Heart, Thou 
dost renew every moment on our altars through- 
out the world. O supreme Priest, O divine Victim, 
grant that we may honor the sacrifice of the 
Most Holy Eucharist with the united homage 
of most holy Mary, and of all Thy Church, in 
triumph, in suffering, and in warfare. We offer 
ourselves wholly to Thee, and since Thou dost 
deign to have victims associated with Thee, 
accept our offering, and, uniting it with Thine, 
bless us. Glory be to the Father, etc. 


DIVINE Spirit and Paraclete, we adore 
Thee, and with the out-pouring of our 
hearts we thank Thee for having, with so much 
love for us, wrought the ineffable blessing of the 
Incarnation of the divine Word, a benefit which 
is continually being extended and increased in 


PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS) 245 


the Most Holy Eucharist. By this adorable 
mystery of the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 
grant to us and to all sinners Thy grace; pour 
out upon us and upon all redeemed souls Thy 
holy gifts, but mn a special manner bestow them 
upon Holy Church, the spouse of Jesus Christ 
and our mother, upon its visible head, the Su- 
preme Pontiff, upon all the cardinals, the bishops, 
and pastors of souls, on all priests, and on all 
the other ministers of the sanctuary. Glory be 
to the Father, etc. 


(Ind. of 300 days once a day. — Prius X. March 22, 
1905.) 


AN ACT OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE 
BLESSINGS OF THE PAST YEAR 


GOD, the beginning and the end of all things, 

Who art always the selfsame, and Whose 
years fail not, we now, at the close of another 
year, kneel in adoration before Thee, and offer 
Thee our deepest gratitude for the fatherly care 
with which Thou hast watched over us during 
the past, for the many times Thou hast shielded 
us from evils of soul and body, and for the num- 
berless blessings, both temporal and spiritual, 
which Thou hast showered upon us. May it 
please Thee to accept the homage of our grateful 
hearts which we offer Thee in union with the 
infinite thanksgiving of Thy divine Son, our Lord 
Jesus Christ, Who with Thee liveth and reigneth 
forever and ever. Amen. 


246 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


HYMN OF THANKSGIVING 
(From the Te Deum) 


WOLY God, we praise Thy name! 
Lord of all, we bow before Thee! 
All on earth Thy sceptre claim, 
All in heav’n above adore Thee: 
Infinite Thy vast domain, 
Everlasting is Thy reign. 


Hark! the loud celestial hymn, 
Angel choirs above are raising! 
Cherubim and seraphim, 
In unceasing chorus praising, 
Fill the heavens with sweet accord; 
Holy, holy, holy Lord. 


Holy Father, holy Son, 

Holy Spirit, three we name Thee, 
While in essence only one, 

Undivided God we claim Thee; 
And adoring bend the knee, 

While we own the mystery. 


V. Let us bless the Father and the Son with 
the Holy Ghost. 

R. Let us praise and exalt Him above all for- 
ever. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Whose mercy is without measure, 
and the treasure of Whose goodness is in- 
finite, we give thanks to Thy most comforting 





PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 247 


Majesty for the gifts conferred upon us, and we 
beg Thee continually through Thy clemency, 
that Thou Who grantest the requests of those 
who ask Thee, mayest not abandon them now 
but rather dispose them for future rewards. 


Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


SUPPLICATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS 
FOR THE NEW YEAR 


ETERNAL Father, after having thanked 

Thy infinite bounty for Thy exceeding bene- 
fits in the past, we humbly implore pardon for 
our manifold sins and negligences, for the time 
we have consumed and wasted in vanities and 
in things that profit not unto salvation, and for 
the woeful want of correspondence with Thy 
_ graces which we have so habitually manifested. 

But filled with confidence in Thy mercy, so 
Javishly displayed in a multitude of ways, we 
ask Thy blessing upon our good purposes and 
resolutions. For now we renew the sacred prom- 
ises we made in Baptism, when we first became 
Thy children and heirs of the heavenly kingdom, 
and we renounce Satan with all his works and 
pomps. 

Firmly convinced that the salvation of our im- 
mortal souls is the one great business of life, the 
purpose for which we have come into the world, 
we solemnly resolve for the future not only to 
do all in our power to avoid every grievous sin 
in thought, word, and deed, but also to shun 
every unnecessary occasion that might imperil 


248 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


our souls. We further resolve to fulfil with 
greater exactness and fidelity the duties of our 
station in life, to give more attention to our 
progress in things spiritual, to be more devoted 
to holy Mass, to recetve the Sacraments more 
frequently, and to pray more often and more 
fervently. 

Bless, O my God, these good resolutions which 
we offer to Thee at this, the threshold of a new 
year. Give us Thy precious grace and make us 
truly wise. The days and years of our life are 
passing so swiftly away. Help us, in Thy mercy, 
to utilize them, as we ought to do, for Thy greater 
honor and glory, for the good of our neighbor, and 
for our sanctification. The night cometh in which 
no man can work longer; soon, at best, we shall 
have to appear before Thee to render an account 
of our stewardship. May we then be found 
worthy to receive from Thee that divine wel- 
come: ‘‘Well done, good and faithful servant, 
enter into the joy of thy Lord.” 


OLD YEAR AND NEW YEAR 
(From Lapsus est Annus) 
YEAR is dead, a year is born; 


Thus time flies by on silent wing: 
Thou, Lord, alone canst guide our course 
And safe to heaven Thy people bring. 


For all past gifts we render thanks; 
For graces new we humbly pray. 

Oh, grant that we and those we love 
May ne’er from faith and duty stray. 








PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 249 


O Lord, our daily wants supply; 
Protect from sickness and disease; 

And deign to give, O God of love, 
The blessing of unbroken peace. 


Oh, blot out all our ancient sins 
And give us strength to fall no more; 
When fight is o’er and victory won, 
Then crown us on the eternal shore. 


For all the old year’s sins we grieve; 
Our hearts we consecrate to Thee. 
Grant us, when all our years are sped, 
Our heavenly Father’s face to see. 


PRAYER FOR A BLESSING ON THE 
NEW YEAR 


SACRED and adorable Trinity, hear our 

prayers on behalf of our holy Father the 
Pope, our Bishops, our clergy, and for all that 
are in authority over us. Bless, we beseech Thee, 
during the coming year, the whole Catholic 
Church; convert heretics and unbelievers; touch 
the hearts of smners that they may return to 
Thy friendship; give prosperity to our country 
and peace among the nations of the world; pour 
down Thy blessmgs upon our friends, relatives, 
and acquaintances, and upon our enemies, if we 
have any; assist the poor and the sick; have 
pity on the souls of those whom this year has 
taken from us; and do Thou be merciful to those 
who during the new vear will be summoned before 


250 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


Thy judgment seat. May all our actions be pre- 
ceded by Thy inspirations and carried on by Thy 
assistance, so that all our prayers and works, 
having been begun in Thee, may likewise be 
ended through Thee. 


ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE 
(Psalm LXXXIX) 


ORD, Thou hast been our refuge from gen- 
eration to generation. 

Before the mountains were made, or the earth 
and the world was formed; from eternity to eter- 
nity Thou art God. 

Thou makest man to return to atoms, and 
sayest, Return, ye children of men. 

For a thousand years in Thy sight are as yester- 
day when it is past, 

And as a watch mm the night. 

Thou carriest them (men) away as with a flood; 
they are as a sleep. 

In the morning they are like grass which 
groweth up. 

In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; 
in the evening it fadeth, groweth dry, and _ 
withereth. 

For in Thine anger we are consumed, and in 
Thy wrath we are troubled. 

Thou hast set our iniquities before Thine eyes, 
our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance. 

For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath; 
our years are consumed as a sigh. 





PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS) 251 


The days of our years are threescore and ten; 
and if in the strong they are fourscore years, yet 
their pride is but labor and sorrow; for it is soon 
past, and we fly away. 

Who knoweth the power of Thine anger, 

And Thy wrath, according to the fear that is 
due Thee? 

So teach us to number our days, that we may 
have a heart of wisdom. 

Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated 
im favor of Thy servants. 

O satisfy us in the morning with Thy loving- 
kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our 
days. 

Make us glad according to the days in which 
we have been afflicted, and the years wherein we 
have seen evil. 

Look upon Thy servants and upon their works, 
and direct their children. 

And let the gracious kindness of the Lord our 
God be upon us, 

And direct Thou the works of our hands upon 
us; 

Yea, the work of our hands do Thou direct. 


THE EVENING OF LIFE 
(From the Rerum Deus) 
STRENGTH, and stay upholding all 


creation, 
Who ever dost Thyself unmoved abide, 
Yet day by day the light in due gradation 
From hour to hour through all its changes 
guide: 





252 PRAYERS FOR HOLYDAYS AND FEASTS 


Grant to life’s day a calm, unclouded ending, 
An eve, untouched by shadows of decay, 
The brightness of a holy death-bed blending 
With dawning glories of th’ eternal day. 


Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving, 
And Thou, O Christ, the co-eternal Word, 
Who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living 
Now and to endless ages art adored. 











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DEVOTIONS FOR THE SEASONS 
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ADVENT 


The four weeks of Advent are set apart by the Church 
to commemorate the ages that intervened between the 
fall of our first parents and the birth of Christ which we 
celebrate at Christmas. It is a Season of special prayer 
and penance mingled with joyful expectation, and cal- 
culated to fit our souls for a worthy keeping of this great 
solemnity. Advent is also the beginning of the ecclesi- 
astical year, and as each succeeding year brings us closer 
to the second coming of Christ as Judge of the world, 
this holy time is likewise mtended to make us ready to 
meet our Judge. 


NT. Be comforted, be comforted, my people: 
thy salvation cometh quickly: why with 
grief art thou consumed? for sorrow hath stricken 
thee: I will save thee, fear not: for I am the Lord 
thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Redeemer. 
V. Drop dew, ye heavens, from above. 
R. And let the clouds rain the Just One. 


254 DEVOTIONS FOR THE SEASONS 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Who dost gladden us by the annual 


expectation of our Redemption, grant that 
we, who now receive with joy Thine only-begotten 
Son as our Redeemer, may behold Him without 
fear when He comes as our judge, even the same 
Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and 
reigneth forever and ever. Amen. 


CHRISTMASTIDE 


This joyful season extends from Christmas eve to 
Septuagesima; and during it the Church is rejoicing over 
the happiness of possessing its Saviour. It commemorates 
the birth of our Lord and the manifestations of His 
divinity which were exhibited in His infancy, the coming 
of the Magi, His baptism, teaching and miracles. 


NT. Behold the Lord the Ruler is come, 
and a kingdom in His hand, and power and 
dominion. 
V. Give to the King Thy judgment, O God. 
R. And to the King’s son Thy justice. 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Whose only-begotten Son hath 


appeared in the substance of our flesh, 
grant, we beseech Thee, that by Him in Whom, 
outwardly, we recognize our likeness, we may 
deserve to be inwardly created anew. Who 
liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen. 





DEVOTIONS FOR THE SEASONS 255 
SEPTUAGESIMA AND LENT 


With Septuagesima the joys of Christmastide are 
brought to a close. The happy celebration wherein the 
Church has been recalling the birth of the Redeemer now 
gives way to a more serious season, in which our attention 
is directed towards the sorrowful events of the Saviour’s 
passion and death. 

The three weeks from Septuagesima to Lent constitute 
a period of transition from a time of joy to one of sadness. 
With Ash Wednesday the great penitential season of the 
year begins. This time of Lent is marked by three dis- 
tinctive features: (1) it is a period for serious reflection 
on death and its issues, joined, consequently, with prayer 
and works of mortification in imitation of our Saviour’s 
fast of forty days in the desert; (2) it is a time especially 
adapted to repentance and amendment of life, as in 
ancient days it was the season when the Cathechumens 
and penitents prepared for Baptism and absolution; 
(3) it is a prolonged vigil, fitting us to celebrate worthily 
the great week of the passion and the Feast of feasts of 
the Resurrection. 


NT. O Lord, repay us not according to the 
sins we have committed or according to our 
iniquities. O Lord, remember not our former 
transgressions: Jet Thy mercies speedily prevent 
us, for we are becoming exceedingly poor. 
V. Help us, O God our Saviour, and for the 
glory of Thy name, O Lord, deliver us. 
R. And forgive us our sins for Thy name’s 
sake. 


Let us Pray 


GRANT we beseech Thee, almighty God, that 
chastened by this holy fast, we may be 
brought with pure hearts to the holy feast which 
is to come. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


256 DEVOTIONS FOR THE SEASONS 


PASSIONTIDE 


The last two weeks of Lent, beginning with Passion 
Sunday and terminating with Easter Saturday, form the 
season which is known as Passiontide. It is really a 
continuation and the conclusion of Lent. During this 
time, and especially throughout Holy Week, the Church 
is picturing to us the scenes of our Saviour’s Passion and 
death, and inculcating the lessons which these sorrowful 
events are intended to teach, while praying that we may 
have a share in the fruits of the Redemption and the 
joys of the Resurrection. 


NT. It behooves us to glory in the cross of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, in Whom Is our salva- 
tion, life, and resurrection, by Whom we are saved 
and delivered. 
V. Spare, O Lord, spare Thy people. 
R. Whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy 
Precious Blood. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Whom to love above all is righteous- 

ness, multiply in us the gifts of Thy ineffable 
grace; and since Thou hast given us, in the death 
of Thy Son, to hope for those things which we 
believe, grant us in the Resurrection of the same 
to attain the end to which we aspire. Who liveth 
and reigneth forever and ever. Amen. 


EASTERTIDE 


After the forty days of Lent comes the Paschal season, 
extending from Easter to Trinity Sunday. It com- 
memorates the Resurrection, or Christ’s victory over 
death, the forty days after the Resurrection, His entrance 
into glory, and finally, on the fiftieth day, the coming of 
the Holy Ghost and the birthday of the Church. 


DEVOTIONS FOR THE SEASONS 2457 


NT. If you be risen with Christ, seek the 
things that are above, where Christ is sitting 
at the right hand of God. Alleluia. 
V. This is the day which the Lord hath made. 
Alleluia. 
R. Let us be glad and rejoice therein. Alle- 
luia. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who dost gladden us with the yearly 

celebration of our Lord’s Resurrection, 
grant, in Thy mercy, that through the feast 
which we solemnize in time, we may be worthy 
to attain to eternal joys. Through the same 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 











DEVOTIONS FOR THE DAYS 
OR TIOME WEEK 


SUNDAY 
The Most Blessed Trinity 


NT. Blessed be the holy Creator and Ruler 
of all things, the sacred and undivided 
Trinity, now and always, through infinite ages of 
ages. 
V. Let us bless the Father, Son, and Holy 
Ghost. 
R. Let us praise and exalt Him forever. 


Let us Pray 
LMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who hast 


given Thy servants, in the confession of the 
true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the Eternal 
Trinity, and, in the power of Thy majesty, to 
adore the Unity. we beseech Thee that, by stead- 
fastness in the same faith, we may always be 
defended from all adversities. Through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


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Prayer to the Blessed Trinity 
QC) POWER of the Father, support my weak- 


ness and deliver me from the abyss of my 
misery; O wisdom of the Son, do thou direct all 
my thoughts, words, and works; O love of the 
Holy Ghost, penetrate all the operations of my 
soul so that they may be ever in harmony with 
Thy divine pleasure. 


(Ind. of 200 days, once a day. — LEo XIII. March 15, 
1890.) 
The Canticle of the Seraphim 
me: holy, holy, Lord God of hosts! the 
heavens and the earth are full of Thy glory. 
Glory be to the Father, glory be to the Son, glory 
be to the Holy Ghost. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day; three times every Sun- 
day and during the octave of the festival of the Most 
Holy Trinity. — CLEMENT XIV. June 26, 1770.) 


MONDAY 
The Souls in Purgatory 
NT. I am the Resurrection and the Life. 
He that believeth in Me, even though he 
die, shall live; and every one that liveth and 
believeth in Me shall not die forever. 
V. I heard a voice from heaven saying to me. 


R. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. 


Let us Pray 


@) GOD, the Creator and Redeemer of all the 
faithful, give unto the souls of Thy servants 
and handmaids the remission of all their sins, 


260 THE DAYS OF THE WEEK 


that through pious supplication they may obtain 
the pardon they have ever wished for. Who liv- 
est and reignest with God the Father, in the 
unity of the Holy Ghost, God, forever and ever. 
Amen. 


Ejaculation 


pee give unto them eternal rest, and may 
perpetual light shine upon them. May they 
rest in peace. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time, for the souls in Purgatory. 
— Pius X. Feb. 13, 1908.) 


TUESDAY 
The Holy Angels 
ENT. Angels, Archangels, Thrones and Domi- 


nations, Principalities and Powers, Virtues 
of heaven, Cherubim and Seraphim, bless the 
Lord forever. 
V. All ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord. 
R. Sing a hymn and exalt Him above all for- 
ever. 


Let us Pray 
QC) GOD, Who in a wonderful manner dost dis- 


tribute the ministries of angels and of men, 
mercifully grant that as Thy holy angels ever 
wait upon Thee to do Thee service in heaven, so 


our lives may be defended by them upon earth. 
Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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Invocation of the Nine Choirs of Angels 


HOLY Angels, watch over us at all times 
during this perilous life; O holy Archangels, 
be our guides on the way to heaven; O heavenly 
choir of the Principalities, govern us in soul and 
body; O mighty Powers, preserve us against the 
wiles of the demons; O celestial Virtues, give us 


strength and courage in the battle of life; O 


powerful Dominations, obtain for us dominion 
over the rebellion of our flesh; O sacred Thrones, 
grant us peace with God and man; O brilliant 
Cherubim, ilumine our minds with heavenly 
knowledge; O burning Seraphim, enkindle in our 
hearts the fire of charity. Amen. 


WEDNESDAY 
St. Joseph 


NT. In whatever tribulation they shall cry 
to me, I will hear them and be their pro- 
tector always. 
V. Obtain for us, O Joseph, to lead an inno- 
cent life. 
R. And may it ever be safe through thy 
patronage. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who in Thine unspeakable providence 

didst vouchsafe to choose blessed Joseph to 
be the husband of Thy most holy Mother, mer- 
cifully grant that, as we venerate him for our 
protector on earth, we may deserve to be aided 
by his mtercession in heaven. Who livest and 
reignest forever and ever.. Amen. 


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The Memorare to St. Joseph 


EMEMBER most pure spouse of Mary ever 

Virgin, my loving protector St. Joseph, that 
never has it been heard that anyone ever invoked 
thy protection, or besought aid of thee, without 
being consoled. In this confidence I come before 
thee, I fervently recommend myself to thee. 
Despise not my prayer, foster-father of our 
Redeemer, but do thou in thy pity receive it. 
Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—P ius IX. June 26, 1863.) 


Prayer to St. Joseph 


DEN of virgins, and holy father Joseph, 
to whose faithful custody Christ Jesus, In- 
nocence itself, and Mary, Virgin of virgins, were 
committed, I pray and beseech thee, by these 
dear pledges, Jesus and Mary, that being pre- 
served from all uncleanness, I may with spotless 
mind, pure heart and chaste body, ever serve 
Jesus and Mary most chastely all the days of my 
life. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. — Pius IX. Feb. 4, 1877.) 


THURSDAY 
The Most Blessed Sacrament 


NT. O sacred banquet in which Christ is 
received, the memory of His Passion is re- 
called, the soul is filled with grace, and the 
pledge of future glory is given us. 
V. Thou hast given them Bread from heaven. 
R. Containing all manner of sweetness. 


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Let us Pray 


GOD, Who hast left us, m this wonder- 

ful Sacrament, a perpetual memorial of Thy 
Passion, grant us, we beseech Thee, so to rever- 
ence the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood 
that we may ever find in our souls the fruit of 
Thy Redemption, Who livest and reignest, for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 


Ave Verum Corpus Natum 


AIL to Thee! true Body, sprung 
From the Virgin Mary’s womb! 
The same that on the cross was hung, 
And bore for man the bitter doom! 


Thou, Whose side was pierced, and flow’d 
Both with Water and with Blood; 
Suffer us to taste of Thee, 
In our life’s last agony. 


Son of Mary, Jesu blest! 
Sweetest, gentlest, holiest! 


Sing, My Tongue 
(Pange Lingua) 


ING, my tongue, the Saviour’s glory, 
Of His Flesh, the mystery sing; 
Of His Blood, all price exceeding, 
Shed by our immortal King, 
Destin’d for the world’s redemption 
From a noble womb to spring. 


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Of a pure and spotless Virgin 
Born for us on earth below, 

He, as man with man conversing, 
Stay’d the seeds of truth to sow; 

Then He closed in solemn order 
Wondrously His life of woe. 


On the night of that Last Supper, 
Seated with His chosen band, 

He the paschal victim eating, 
First fulfills the Lord’s command; 

Then as food to all His brethren, 
Gives Himself with His own hand. 


Word made Flesh, the bread of nature 
By His word to Flesh He turns; 
Wine into His Blood He changes; 
What though sense no change discerns! 
Only be the heart in earnest, 
Faith her lessons quickly learns. 


Down in adoration falling, 

Lo! the sacred Host we hail! 
Lo! o’er ancient forms departing 
Newer rites of grace prevail; 
Faith for all defects supplying, 

Where the feebler senses fail. 


To the everlasting Father, 
And the Son Who reigns on high, 
With the Holy Ghost proceeding 
Forth from each eternally, 
Be salvation, honor, blessing, 
Might and endless majesty.,. Amen. 


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FRIDAY 
The Passion of Christ 


NT. O all ye who pass by the way, attend 
and see if there is any sorrow like unto my 
sorrow. 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


Let us Pray 


LORD Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, 

Who at the sixth hour didst mount the gib- 
bet of the cross for the Redemption of the world 
and didst shed Thy Precious Blood that our sins 
might be washed away, we humbly beseech Thee 
that after our death Thou wouldst suffer us to 
pass with joy through the gates of heaven. Who 
livest and reignest world without end. Amen. 


GOD, Who to redeem the world didst vouch- 

safe to be born amongst men, to be circum- 
cised, rejected by the Jews, betrayed by the 
traitor Judas with a kiss, to be bound with cords, 
and as an innocent lamb to be led to the slaughter; 
Who didst suffer Thyself to be shamelessly ex- 
posed to the gaze of Annas, Caiphas, Pilate and 
Herod; to be accused by false witnesses, tor- 
mented by scourges and: insults, crowned with 
thorns, smitten with blows, defiled with spittings, 
to have Thy divine countenance covered, to be 
struck with a reed, to be stripped of Thy clothes, 
nailed to and raised high upon a Cross between 


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two thieves, to be given gall and vinegar to drink, 
and then pierced with a lance; do Thou, O Lorn, 
by these most sacred sufferings, which I, unworthy 
as I am, yet dare to contemplate, by Thy holy 
Cross and by Thy bitter Death, free me from the 
pains of hell, and vouchsafe to bring me to Para- 
dise, whither Thou didst lead the thief who was 
crucified with Thee, my Jesus, who with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest 
God forever and ever. Amen. Our Father, Hail 
Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc., five times. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Prus VII. Aug. 25, 1820.) 


Invocation of St. Thomas Aquinas 


HE cross is my sure salvation; the cross I 
ever adore; the cross of my Lord is with 
me; the cross is my refuge. 


(Ind. of 300 days,, once a day. — Pius IX. Jan. 21, 
1874.) 


SATURDAY 
The Blessed Virgin Mary 


NT. O glorious Mother of God, Mary, ever 
virgin, who alone wast found worthy to bear 
the Lord of all, and though a virgin, to nurse the 
King of angels; be graciously mindful of us, we 
beseech thee, and pray to Christ for us, that we, 
being upheld by thy care, may deserve to attain 
to the heavenly kingdom. 
V. Holy Mary, Mother of Christ. 
R. Hear thy humble servants who implore 
thee. 








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Let us Pray 
RANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, that 


we, Thy servants, may enjoy continual 
health of mind and body; and that through the 
glorious intercession of blessed Mary, ever Virgin, 
we may be delivered from present sorrow, and 


hereafter enjoy eternal happiness. Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


Inviolata 


HOU art inviolate, undefiled and chaste, 
O Mary. 
Thou hast been made the resplendent gate of 
heaven, 

O loving and dearest Mother of Christ, 
Accept our devout acclamations in praise of thee. 
That our minds and bodies may be pure, 
Devoted hearts and lips now implore thee. 
Through thy sweet sounding prayers, 
Gain us pardon forever. 
O kind one, who alone didst remain inviolate. 


The Memorare 


EMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary 

that never was it known that any one who 
fled to thy protection, implored thy help, and 
sought thy intercession, was left unaided. In- 
spired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O 
Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee I come, be- 
fore thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful; O Mother 
of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions; 
but in thy clemency hear and answer me. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Pius IX. Dec. 11, 1846.) 








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DEVOTIONS FOR THE MONTHS 
OF THE YEAR 


JANUARY 
The Holy Name of Jesus 


NT. Thou shalt call His Name Jesus, for 
He shall save His people from their sins. 
V. May the Name of the Lord be blessed. 
R. Henceforth now and forever. 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Who didst make Thy only-begotten 


Son the Saviour of the human race, and didst 
command Him to be called Jesus, grant pro- 
pitiously that Him Whose holy Name we vener- 
ate on earth, we may behold in the glorious vision 
of heaven. Who with Thee liveth and reigneth 
forever and ever. Amen. 


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Prayer. ‘O Good Jesus!” 
GOOD JESUS! O most tender Jesus! O 


most sweet Jesus! O Jesus, Son of Mary 
the Virgin, full of mercy and kindness! O sweet 
Jesus, according to Thy great mercy, have pity 
on me! O most merciful Jesus, I entreat Thee by 
that Precious Blood of Thine, which Thou didst 
will to pour forth for smners, to wash away all 
my iniquities, and to look upon me, poor and 
unworthy as I am, humbly asking pardon of 
Thee, and invoking this Holy Name of Jesus. O 
Name of Jesus, sweet Name! Name of Jesus, 
Name of joy! Name of Jesus, Name of strength! 
Nay, what meaneth the Name of Jesus but 
Saviour? Wherefore, O Jesus, by Thine own 
holy Name, be to me Jesus, and save me. Suffer 
me not to be lost — me, whom Thou didst 
create out of nothing. O good Jesus, Jet not my 
iniquity destroy what Thy almighty goodness 
made. O sweet Jesus, recognize what is Thine 
own, and wipe away from me what is not of Thee! 
O most kind Jesus, have pity on me while it Is 
the time of pity, and condemn me not when it 
is the time of judgment. The dead shall not 
praise Thee, Lord Jesus, nor all those who go 
down into hell. O most loving Jesus! O Jesus, 
most Jonged for by Thine own! O most gentle 
Jesus! Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, let me enter into the 
number of Thine elect. O Jesus, salvation of 
those who believe in Thee; Jesus, Son of Mary the 
Virgin, pour into me grace, wisdom, charity, 
chastity, and humility that I may be able.per- 


270 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 


fectly to Iove Thee, to praise Thee, to enjoy 
Thee, to serve Thee, and make my boast in Thee, 
together with all those who invoke Thy Name, 
which is Jesus. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. — Pius IX. Nov. 26, 1876.) 


Salutation and Response 


RAISED be Jesus Christ. 
R. Amen (or) Forever. 
V. Praised be Jesus and Mary. 
R. Today and forever. 


(Ind. of 100 days, each time. — Prus X. June 26, 1913.) 
See Devotions to the Holy Name. Page 357. 


FEBRUARY 
The Holy Family 


NT. Jesus went down with them, and came 
to Nazareth, and was subject to them. 
V. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, 
O Lord. 


R. They shall praise Thee forever and ever. 


Let us Pray 


LORD Jesus Christ, Who, becoming subject 

to Mary and Joseph, didst hallow the life of 
the home by singular virtues, grant by the help 
of both that we may be instructed by the example 
of Thy Holy Family, and have fellowship with it 
forever. Who livest and reignest for all ages of 
ages. Amen. 


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Ejaculations 


ESUS, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my 
heart and my soul. 
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me in my last 
agony. 
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe out my 
soul in peace with you! 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time, for all three. — Pius VII, 
Aug. 26, 1814.) 


Daily Prayer before a Picture of the Holy Family 


QC) MOST loving Jesus, Who by Thy surpassing 
virtues and the example of Thy home life 
didst hallow the household in which Thou didst 
choose to live while on earth, mercifully look 
down upon this family, whose members, humbly 
prostrate before Thee, implore Thy protection. 
Remember that we are Thine, bound and con- 
secrated to Thee by a special devotion. Protect 
us in ‘Thy mercy, deliver us from danger, help us 
in our necessities, and impart to us strength to 
persevere always in the imitation of Thy Holy 
Family, so that, by serving Thee and loving Thee 
faithfully during this mortal life, we may at 
length give Thee eternal praise in heaven. 

O Mary, dearest Mother, we implore thy 
assistance, knowing that thy divine Son will 
hearken to thy petitions. 

And do thou, most glorious patriarch, 
St. Joseph, help us with thy powerful patronage, 
and place our petitions in Mary’s hands, that she 
may offer them to Jesus Christ. 


272 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 
Prayer in Honor of the Holy Family 


RANT us, O Lord Jesus, faithfully to imitate 

the examples of Thy Holy Family, so that 
in the hour of our death, im the company of Thy 
glorious Virgin Mother and St. Joseph, we may 
deserve to be recetved by Thee into eternal 
tabernacles. 


(Ind. of 200 days, once a day.— Leo XIII. Feb. 6, 
1893.) 


MARCH 
St. Joseph 


NT. A faithful man will be much praised 
and he who is guardian of his Lord will be 
glorified. 
V. Pray for us, O Blessed Joseph. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the prom- 
ises of Christ. 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Who hast predestined St. Joseph from 


all eternity for the service of Thine eternal 
Son and His Blessed Mother, and made him 
worthy to be the spouse of the Blessed Virgin 
and the foster-father of Thy Son, we beseech Thee, 
through all the services he has rendered to Jesus 
and Mary on earth, that Thou wouldst make us 
worthy of his intercession and grant us to enjoy 
the happiness of his company in heaven. Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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Prayer to St. Joseph 


JOSEPH, virgin father of Jesus, most pure 

spouse of the Virgin Mary, pray for us 
daily to the Son of God, that, armed with the 
weapons of His grace, we may fight as we ought 
in life, and be crowned by Him in death. 


(Ind. of 100 days, twice a day. — Pius X. Nov. 26, 
1906.) 


Prayers for special feasts in March. Page 202. 


APRIL 
The Holy Ghost 


NT. Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of 
Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of 
Thy love. 
V. Send forth Thy spirit, and they shall be 
created. 
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who hast taught the hearts of the 
faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, 
grant that by the gift of the same Spirit we may 
be always truly wise, and ever rejoice in His 
consolations, through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit 
HOLY SPIRIT, divine Spirit of light and 


love, I consecrate to Thee my understand- 
ing, heart and will, my whole being for time and 
for eternity. May my understanding be always 
submissive to Thy heavenly inspirations, and to 


274 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 


the teaching of the Catholic Church, of which 
Thou art the infallible guide; may my heart be 
ever inflamed with Jove of God and of my neigh- 
bor; may my will be ever conformed to the divine 
will, and may my whole life be a faithful imita- 
tion of the life and virtues of our Lord and Sav- 
iour Jesus Christ, to Whom with the Father and 
Thee be honor and glory forever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Prus X. June 5, 1908.) 


Veni, Creator Spiritus 


OME, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest, 
And in our hearts take up Thy rest; 
Come, with Thy grace and heavenly aid, 
|| : To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. 


O Comforter, to Thee we cry; 

Thou heavenly Gift of God most high; 
Thou Fount of life, and Fire of love, 

|| : And sweet Anointing from above. 


Drive far away our deadly foe, 
And peace for evermore bestow; 
If Thou be our preventing Guide, 
|| : No evil can our steps betide. 


Praise we the Father and the Son, 
And Holy Spirit, with Them One; 
And may the Son on us bestow 

|| : The gifts that from the Spirit flow. 


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MAY 
The Blessed Virgin Mary 


NT. Who is she that cometh forth as the 
morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as 
the sun? 
VY. As the rainbow giving light in the bright 
clouds. 
R. And as the flower of the roses in the days 
of spring. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who through the fruitful virginity of 

Blessed Mary, didst bestow on mankind the 
rewards of eternal salvation, grant, we beseech 
Thee, that we may experience her intercession for 
us through whom we were made worthy to receive 
the Author of life, Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord. 
Who liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen. 


The Crown of Twelve Stars 


LL praise and thanksgiving be to the ever 
Blessed Trinity, Who hath shown unto us 
Mary, ever Virgin, clothed with the sun, with the 
moon beneath her feet, and on her head a mystic 
crown of twelve stars. 
R. Forever and ever. Amen. 
Let us praise and give thanks to God the 
Father Who elected her for His daughter. 
R. Amen. Our Father, etc. 
Praise be to God the Father, Who predestined 
her to be the Mother of His Son. 


276 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 


R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc. 

Praise be to God the Father, Who preserved 
her from all stain in her conception. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary, ete. 

Praise be to God the Father, Who on her 
birthday adorned her with His choicest gifts. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc. 

Praise be to God the Father, Who gave her 
Joseph for her pure spouse and companion. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary and Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 

Let us praise and give thanks to God the Son, 
Who chose her for His Mother. 

R. Amen. Our Father, etc. 

Praise be to God the Son, Who became incar- 
nate in her womb, and abode there nine months. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc. 

Praise be to God the Son, Who was born of her 
and was nourished at her breast. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc. 

Praise be to God the Son, Who in His childhood 
willed that Mary should teach Him. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc. 

Praise be to God the Son, Who revealed to her 
the mysteries of the Redemption of the world. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary and Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 

Let us praise and give thanks to God the Holy 
Ghost, who made her His spouse. 

R. Amen. Our Father, etc. 

Praise be to God the Holy Ghost, Who revealed 
to her first His name of Holy Ghost. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc. 


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Praise be to God the Holy Ghost, through 


Whose operation she became at once Virgin and 
Mother. 

R. Amen. Holy Mary, etc. 

Praise be to God the Holy Ghost, through 
Whom she became the living temple of the Most 
Holy Trinity. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc. 

Praise be to God the Holy Ghost, by Whom she 
was exalted in heaven high above all creatures. 

R. Amen. Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, 
etc. 

For the Holy Catholic Church, for the propa- 
gation of the faith, for peace among Christian 
princes and for the uprooting of heresies, Jet us 
say: Hail, Holy Queen, etc. 


(Ind. of 100 days, each time. — Grecory XVI. Jan. 8, 
1838.) 


Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary, 
By St. John Berchmans 


OLY MARY, Mother of God and virgin, I 
choose thee this day for my queen, patron, 
and advocate, and firmly resolve and purpose 
never to abandon thee, never to say or do any- 
thing against thee, nor to permit that aught be 
done by others to dishonor thee. Receive me, 
then, I conjure thee, as thy perpetual servant; 
assist me in all my actions, and do not abandon 
me at the hour of my death. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, for each~ recitation. — Pius X. 
Nov. 17, 1906.) 


278 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 


JUNE 
The Sacred Heart 
OFFERING TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS 


Y LOVING Jesus! out of the grateful love 
I bear Thee, and as a reparation for all my 
unfaithfulness, I [N.] give Thee my heart and 
I consecrate myself wholly to Thee, and with 
Thy aid I purpose never to sin again. 
V. Heart of Jesus, burning with love of us, 
R. Inflame our hearts with love of Thee. 


Let us Pray 
ORD, we beseech Thee, Jet Thy Holy Spirit 


kindle mn our hearts that fire of charity which 
our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, sent forth from 
His inmost Heart upon this earth, and willed 
that it should burn with vehemence. Who liveth 
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the same 
Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, every time. — Pius VII. March 20, 
1815.) 


Memorare to the Sacred Heart 


EMEMBER, O most sweet Jesus, that no 

one who has had recourse to Thy Sacred 
Heart, implored its help, or sought its mercy was 
ever abandoned. Encouraged with confidence, O 
tenderest of hearts, we present ourselves before 
Thee, crushed beneath the weight of our sins. 
In our misery, O Sacred Heart of Jesus, despise 
not our simple prayers, but mercifully grant our 
requests. 


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Prayer of St. Gertrude to the Sacred Heart 


ANCTITY of the Heart of Jesus, consecrate 
my heart; providence of the Heart of Jesus, 
watch over my heart; unchangeableness of the 
Heart of Jesus, strengthen my heart; purity of 
the Heart of Jesus, purify my heart; obedience 
of the Heart of Jesus, subjugate my heart; amia- 
bility of the Heart of Jesus, make Thyself known 
to my heart; divine attractions of the Heart of 
Jesus, captivate my heart; riches of the Heart of 
Jesus, do ye suffice for my heart; floods of grace 
and blessing that flow from the Heart of Jesus, 
inundate my heart. O Heart of Jesus! be Thou 
my joy, my peace, my repose in this world and 
in the next. O Heart of Jesus! adored in heaven, 
invoked on earth, feared in hell, reign over all 
hearts, reign throughout all ages, reign forever 
in celestial glory. Amen. 


Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 


MOST Sacred Heart of Jesus, pour 

down Thy blessings abundantly upon Thy 
Church, upon the Supreme Pontiff, and upon all 
the clergy; give perseverance to the just, convert 
sinners, enlighten unbelievers, bless our parents, 
friends and benefactors, help the dying, free the 
souls in Purgatory, and extend over all hearts the 
sweet empire of Thy love. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—Pius X. June 16, 1906.) 


280 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 


JULY 
The Precious Blood 


NT. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy 
Blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and 
people, and nation; and hast made us a kingdom 
to our God. 
V. God hath graced us in His beloved Son. 
R. In Whom we have redemption through His 
Blood. 


Let us Pray 


LMIGHTY and eternal God, Who didst 

appoint Thine only-begotten Son the Re- 
deemer of the world, and didst will to be appeased 
by His Blood, grant, we beseech Thee, that we 
may so honor this, the price of our Redemption, 
and, by its virtue, be so defended from the evils 
of our present life on earth, as to enjoy its fruit 
in heaven forevermore. Through the same 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


Offerings in Reparation for Outrages to the Precious 
Blood of Jesus 

1. Eternal Father! I offer Thee the merits of 
the most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy beloved 
Son and my divine Redeemer, for the propaga- 
tion and exaltation of my dear Mother the holy 
Church, for the safety and prosperity of her visible 
head, the holy Roman Pontiff, for the Cardinals, 
Bishops, and pastors of souls, and for all the 
ministers of the sanctuary. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost. 





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As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 
Blessed and praised for evermore be Jesus, Who 
hath saved us with His Blood! 
_ 2, Eternal Father! I offer Thee the merits of 
the most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy beloved 
Son and my divine Redeemer, for the peace and 
concord of kings and Catholic princes, for the 
humiliation of the enemies of the holy faith, and 
for the happiness of all Christian people. Glory 
be to the Father, etc. Blessed and praised, etc. 

3. Eternal Father! I offer Thee the merits of 
the Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy well-beloved 
Son, my Saviour and my God, for the repentance 
of unbelievers, for the uprooting of heresy, and 
for the conversion of sinners. Glory be to the 
Father, etc. Blessed and praised, etc. 

4. Eternal Father! I offer Thee the merits of 
the Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy well-beloved 
Son, my Saviour and my God, for all my kindred, 
friends, and enemies; for the poor, the sick, and 
wretched, and for all for whom Thou, my God, 
knowest that I ought to pray, or wouldst have 
me pray. Glory be to the Father, etc. Blessed and 
praised, etc. 

5. Eternal Father! I offer Thee the merits of 
the Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy well-beloved 
Son, my Saviour and my God, for all who, this 
day, are passing to the other life; that Thou 
wouldst save them from the pains of hell, and 
admit them quickly to the possession of Thy 
glory. Glory be to the Father, etc. Blessed and 
praised, etc. 


282 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 


6. Eternal Father! I offer Thee the merits of 
the Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy well-beloved 
Son, my Saviour and my God, for all those who 
love this great treasure, for those who join with 
me in adoring it and honoring it, and who strive 
to spread devotion to it. Glory be to the Father, etc. 
Blessed and praised, etc. 

7. Eternal Father! I offer Thee the merits of 
the Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy well-beloved 
Son, my Saviour and my God, for all my wants, 
spiritual and temporal, mn aid of the holy souls in 
Purgatory, and chiefly for those who most loved 
this Blood, the price of our Redemption, and who 
were most devout to the sorrows and pains of most 
holy Mary, our dear Mother. Glory be to the 
Father, etc. Blessed and praised, etc. 

Glory be to the Blood of Jesus, now and forever, 
and throughout all ages. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius VII. Sept. 22, 1817.) 


Ejaculatory Offering of the Precious Blood 
TERNAL Father! I offer Thee the Precious 


Blood of Jesus in satisfaction for my sins, 
and for the wants of holy Church. 


(Ind. of 100 days, each time.—Pius VII. Sept. 22, 1817.) 








THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 283 


AUGUST 
The Most Pure Heart of Mary 


Glos My heart hath rejoiced in God my 
Saviour, because He that is mighty hath 
done great things for me. 

V. And His Mother kept all these words. 

R. In her heart. 


Let us Pray 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who in the 

heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary didst pre- 

pare a worthy dwelling-place for the Holy Ghost, 

grant in Thy mercy that we who devoutly vener- 

ate that most pure heart may be enabled to live 

according to Thy heart. Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


Prayer to the Heart of Mary 


HEART of Mary, Mother of God, and our 

Mother, heart most worthy of love, object 
of the complacency of the most Holy Trinity and 
deserving of all the veneration and tenderness of 
angels and of men, thou art most like the Heart 
of Jesus, of which thou art the most perfect 
image. O heart full of goodness and compassion 
for our miseries, vouchsafe to thaw the ice of our 
hearts, and make them to be entirely turned to 
the Heart of our divine Saviour. Pour into them 
the love of thy virtues; inflame them with that 
blessed fire with which thou continually burnest. 
Shut up within thyself the holy Church; guard 
it and be always its sweet asylum and its tower 


284 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 


of strength against all the incursions of its ene- 
mies. Be thou our way to Jesus, and the channel 
by which we receive all the graces necessary for 
our salvation. Be thou our succor in our wants, 
our support in our afflictions, our comfort in 
temptations, our refuge in persecutions, our aid 
in all dangers, but specially in the last combat of 
our life at the hour of death, when all hell will be 
unchained against us to snatch our souls away 
in that most dreadful moment on which our 
eternity depends. Oh, then, most tender Virgin, 
make us feel the sweetness of thy maternal heart, 
and the greatness of thy power with the Heart of 
Jesus, and open to us in that same fountain of 
mercy a secure refuge, that we may come to bless 
Him with thee in paradise forever and ever. 

May the divine Heart of Jesus and the pure 
heart of Mary be known, praised, blessed, loved, 
honored and glorified always and everywhere. 
Amen. 

(Ind. of 60 days, once a day. — Prus VII. Feb. 1, 1816.) 


Ejaculation 


Sweet heart of Mary be my salvation. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time.—Ptus IX. Sept. 30, 1852.) 


SEPTEMBER 
Our Lady of Sorrows 


NT. There stood by the cross of Jesus His 
Mother and His Mother’s sister, Mary of 
Cleophas, and Salome and Mary Magdalen. 
V. Woman, behold thy son. 
R. Son, behold thy mother. 








THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 285 


Let us Pray 


GOD, at Whose Passion, according to the 

prophecy of holy Simeon, a sword of grief 
pierced the most sweet soul of glorious Mary, 
virgin and mother, grant in Thy mercy that we 
who honor the memory of her sorrows may obtain 
the happy fruit of Thy sufferings. Who livest 
and reignest, world without end. Amen. 


Prayers in Honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary 


V. Incline unto my aid, O God. 

R. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be 
to the Father, etc. 

1. O most sorrowful Mary, I compassionate 
thee, in the grief thy tender heart underwent 
when the holy old man Simeon prophesied to 
‘thee. Dear Mother, through that afflicted heart 
obtain for me the virtue of humility and the gift 
of the holy fear of God. Hail Mary, etc. 

2. O most sorrowful Mary, I compassionate 
those afflictions which thy most sensitive heart 
endured during the flight mto Egypt and the 
dwelling there. O beloved Mother, by that 
afflicted heart obtain for me the virtue of liber- 
ality, specially toward the poor, and the gift of 
piety. Hail Mary, etc. 

3. O most sorrowful Mary, I compassionate 
that intense distress which thine anxious heart 
experienced in the loss of thy dearest Jesus. O 
beloved Mother, by that deeply troubled heart 
obtain for me the virtue of chastity and the gift 
of knowledge. Hail Mary, etc. 


286 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 


4. O most sorrowful Mary, I compassionate 
the consternation which thy maternal heart 
experienced when thou didst meet Jesus bearing 
His cross. O beloved Mother, by that deep 
distress of thy tender heart, obtain for me the 
virtue of patience and the gift of fortitude. Hail 
Mary, etc. 

5. O most sorrowful Mary, I compassionate 
that martyrdom which thy generous heart en- 
dured in witnessing the last agony of Jesus. O 
beloved Mother, by that martyred heart obtain 
for me the virtue of temperance and the gift of 
counsel. Hail Mary, etc. 

6. O most sorrowful Mary, I compassionate 
that wound which thy mournful heart endured 
from the Jance which tore the side of Jesus and 
wounded His most lovely Heart. O beloved 
Mother, by thy heart then pierced through, 
obtain for me the virtue of fraternal charity and 
the gift of understanding. Hail Mary, etc. 

7. O most sorrowful Mary, I compassionate 
thee, for the anguish felt by thy loving heart 
when Jesus’ body was laid in the sepulchre. Dear 
Mother, by all the bitterness of desolation thou 
didst then know, obtain for me the virtue of dili- 
gence and the gift of wisdom. Hail Mary, etc. 

V. Pray for us, most sorrowful Mother. 

R. That we may be made worthy of the prom. 
ises of Christ. 








THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 287 
Let us Pray 


RANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord Jesus 

Christ, that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, 
Thy Mother, may intercede for us before the 
throne of Thy mercy, now, and at the hour of 
our death; through whose most holy soul in the 
hour of Thine own Passion the sword of sorrow 
passed. Through Thee, Jesus Christ, Saviour of 
the world, Who livest and reignest with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost forever and ever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius VII. Jan. 14, 1815.) 


Short Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Her 
Desolation 

IL, Mary, full of sorrows, the Crucified is 

with thee; tearful art thou amongst women, 
and tearful is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy 
Mary, Mother of the Crucified, give tears to us, 
erucifiers of thy Son, now and at the hour of our 
death. Amen. 


OCTOBER 
The Queen of the Holy Rosary 


Gi: The holy Mother of God is become 
beautiful and amiable in the delights of her 
virginity: whom, on seeing her flourishing among 
the roses and the lilies of the valley, the daughters 
of Sion declared most blessed, and queens praised. 
V. Thou art become beautiful and amiable. 
R. In thy delights, O holy Mother of God. 


288 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 
Let us Pray 
GOD, Whose only-begotten Son by His life, 


death and Resurrection hast purchased for 
us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech 
Thee, that meditating on the mysteries in the 
most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we 
may Imitate what they contain, and obtain what 
they promise. Through the same Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


Prayer to Our Lady of the Rosary 


VIRGIN Mary, grant that the recitation of 

thy Rosary may be for me each day, in the 
midst of my manifold duties, a bond of unity in 
my actions, a tribute of filial piety, a sweet re- | 
freshment, an encouragement to walk joyfully 
along the path of duty. Grant, above all, O 
Virgin Mary, that the study of thy fifteen mys- 
teries may form in my soul, little by little, a 
Juminous atmosphere, pure, strengthening, and 
fragrant, which may penetrate my understanding, 
my will, my heart, my memory, my imagination, 
my whole being. So shall I acquire the habit of 
praying while I work, without the aid of formal 
prayers, by interior acts of admiration and of 
supplication, or by aspirations of love. I ask this 
of thee, O Queen of the Holy Rosary, through 
St. Dominic, thy son of predilection, the renowned 
preacher of thy mysteries, and the faithful mm1- 
tator of thy virtues. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Prus X. March 15, 1907.) 


THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 289 


NOVEMBER 
The Souls in Purgatory 


NT. My soul is athirst for the living God: 
when shall I come and appear before the 
face of the Lord? 
V. May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord. 
R. With Thy saints forever, because Thou art 
merciful, 


Let us Pray 


GOD, to Whom it belongs always to have 

mercy and to spare, be gracious to the souls 
of the faithful departed, and grant them the 
remission of all their sins, that, being freed from 
the bonds of death, they may enter into life 
eternal. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


De Profundis for the Faithful Departed 
(Psalm CX XIX) 
UT of the depths I have cried to Thee, O 


Lord! Lord, hear my voice. 

Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my 
supplications. 

If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark iniquities, Lord, 
who shall stand? 

For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness; 
and by reason of Thy law I have waited for Thee, 
O Lord. 

My soul hath relied on His word; my soul 
hath hoped in the Lord. 

From the morning watch even unto night, let 
Israel hope in the Lord. 


290 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 


Because with the Lord there is mercy; and 
with Him plentiful redemption. 

And He shall redeem Israel from all his 
Iniquities. 

(Ind. of 100 days. — Prus VI. March 18, 1781.) 

V. Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord. 

R. And let perpetual light shine upon them. 

V. May they rest in peace. 

R. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time, applicable only to the 
dead.— Pius X. Feb. 13, 1908.) 


DECEMBER 
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed 
Virgin Mary 
Anthem, Versicle, and Prayer in Honor of the Immaculate 
Conception 
NT. This is the rod in which was neither 
knot of original sin, nor rind of actual guilt. 
V. In thy conception, O Virgin! thou wast 
immaculate. 
R. Pray for us to the Father, Whose Son thou 
didst bring forth. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who, by the Immaculate Conception 

of the Virgin, didst prepare a worthy habita- 
tion for Thy Son, we beseech Thee, that as by the 
foreseen death of that same Son, Thou didst pre- 
serve her from all stain, so too thou wouldst 
permit us, purified through her mtercession, to 
come unto Thee. Through the same Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days, every time.—Pius IX. March 31, 1876.) 


THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 291 
Prayer to Our Lady Immaculate 


OST holy Virgin, who wast pleasing to the 
Lord and became His Mother, immaculate 
in. body and spirit, in faith and in love, look 
kindly on the wretched who implore thy powerful 
patronage. The wicked serpent, against whom 
was hurled the first curse, continues fiercely to 
attack and ensnare the unhappy children of Eve. 
Do thou, then, O Blessed Mother, our queen and 
advocate, who from the first mstant of thy 
conception didst crush the head of the enemy, 
receive the prayers which, united with thee in 
our single heart, we implore thee to present at 
the throne of God, that we may never fall into 
the snares which are laid out for us, and may all 
arrive at the port of salvation; and, In so many 
dangers, may the Church and Christian society 
sing once again the hymn of deliverance and of 
victory and of peace. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Pius X. Jan. 11, 1905.) 


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NOVENAS 
NOVENA FOR CHRISTMAS 


A novena is a nine days’ prayer said as a preparation 
for some particular feast, or in order to obtain some 
special favor. The model and the first of all novenas 
was that made in the Cenacle, after the Ascension of our 
Lord, Ly the Apostles and Blessed Virgin in preparation 
for the coming of the Holy Ghost. The earliest eccle- 
siastical novena of which we have record is the Christmas 
novena, which commemorates the nine months during 
which the Christ-child was carried in the womb of His 
Mother. 


December 16 
SHEPHERD that rulest Israel, Thou that 


leadest Joseph like a sheep, come to guide 
and comfort us. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory 
be to the Father, etc. 


December 17 


WISDOM that comest out of the mouth of 
the Most High, that reachest from one end 
to another, and orderest all things mightily and 
sweetly, come to teach us the way of prudence! 
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


NOVENAS 293 
December 18 


ADONAI, and Ruler of the house of Israel, 

Who didst appear unto Moses in the burning 
bush, and gavest him the Jaw in Sinai, come to 
redeem us with an outstretched arm! Our Fatber, 
| Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


December 19 


ROOT of Jesse, which standest for an ensign 

of the people, at Whom the kings shall shut 
their mouths, Whom the Gentiles shall seek, 
come to deliver us, do not tarry. Our Father, 
_ Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


December 20 


KEY of David, and Sceptre of the house of 

Israel, that openeth and no man shutteth, 
and shutteth and no man openeth, come to liber- 
ate the prisoner from the prison, and them that 
sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death. Our 
Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


December 21 


DAYSPRING, Brightness of the everlasting 

light, Son of justice, come to give light to 
them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of 
death! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 


204 NOVENAS 
December 22 


KING of the Gentiles, yea, and desire there- 

of! O Corner-stone, that makest of two one, 
come to save man, whom Thou hast made out 
of the dust of the earth! Our Father, Hail Mary, 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 


December 23 
EMMANUEL, our King and our Law-giver, 


Longing of the Gentiles, yea, and salvation 
thereof, come to save us, O Lord our God! Our 


Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


December 24 
THOU that sittest upon the cherubim, God 


of hosts, come, show Thy face, and we shall 
be saved. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 


Ind. of 300 days, each day.—Pius VIII. July 9, 1830.) 


NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE HOLY NAME 
OF JESUS 


MERCIFUL Jesus, Who didst in Thy early 

infancy commence Thy office of Saviour by 
shedding Thy precious blood and assuming for 
us that name which ts above all names; we thank 
Thee for such early proofs of Thy infinite love. 
We venerate Thy sacred name in union with the 
profound respect of the angel who first announced 
it to the earth and unite our affections to the 





NOVENAS 295 


sentiments of tender devotion which the adorable 
name of Jesus has in all ages enkindled in the 
hearts of Thy saints. 

Animated with a firm faith in Thy unerring 
word, and penetrated with confidence in Thy 
mercy, we now humbly remind Thee of the prom- 
ise Thou hast made, that where two or three 
should assemble in Thy name, Thou Thyself 
wouldst be in the midst of them: _ Come, then, 
into the midst of us, most amiable Jesus, for it 
is in Thy sacred name we are here assembled; 
come into our hearts, that we may be governed 
by Thy holy spirit; mercifully grant us, through 
that adorable name, which is the joy of heaven, 
the terror of hell, the consolation of the afflicted 
and the solid ground of our unlimited confidence, 
all the petitions we make in this novena. 

O blessed Mother of our Redeemer, who didst 
participate so sensibly in the sufferings of thy 
dear Son when He shed His sacred blood and 
assumed for us the name of Jesus, obtain for us, 
through that adorable name, the favors we 
petition in this novena. Beg also, that the most 
ardent love may imprint on our hearts that sacred 
name, that it may be always in our minds and 
frequently on our lips; that it may be our defense 
and our refuge in the temptations and trials of 
life, and our consolation and support in the hour 
of death.. Amen, 


296 NOVENAS 
NOVENA FOR PENTECOST 
First Day 


OME, O Holy Ghost, the Lord and Life- 

giver; take up Thy dwelling within my 
soul, and make of it Thy sacred temple. Make 
me live by grace as an adopted son of God. 
Pervade all the energies of my soul, and create 
in me a fountain of living water springing up into 
life everlasting. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory 
be to the Father, etc. 


Second Day 


OME, O Spirit of Wisdom, and reveal to my 
soul the mysteries of heavenly things, their 
exceeding greatness, and power, and beauty. 
Teach me to love them above and beyond all the 
passing joys and satisfactions of earth. Show me 
the way by which I may be able to attain to them, 
and possess them, and hold them hereafter, my 
own forever. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to 
the Father, etc. 


Third Day 
OME, O Spirit of Understanding, and en- 


lighten our minds, that we may know and 
believe all the mysteries of salvation, and may 
merit at last to see the eternal light in Thy light; 
and in the light of glory to have the clear vision 
of Thee and the Father and the Son. Our Father, 
Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 





NOVENAS 297 


Fourth Day 
OME, O Spirit of Counsel, help and guide 


me in all my ways, that I may always do 
Thy holy will. Incline my heart to that which is 
good, turn it away from all that is evil, and direct 
me by the path of Thy Commandments to the 
goal of eternal life for which I Jong. Our Father, 
Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


Fifth Day 
OME, O Spirit of Fortitude, and give forti- 
tude to our souls, Make our hearts strong 
in all trials and in all distress, pouring forth 
abundantly into them the gifts of strength, that 
we may be able to resist the attacks of the devil. 


Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


Sixth Day 
OME, O Spirit of Knowledge and make us 


understand and despise the emptiness and 
nothingness of the world. Give us grace to use 
the world only for Thy glory and the salvation 
of Thy creatures. May we always be very faith- 
ful in putting Thy rewards before every earthly 
gift. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, 
ELCs 
Seventh Day 
OME, O Spirit of Piety, possess my heart; 
incline it to a true faith in Thee, to a holy 
love of Thee, my God, that with my whole soul I 
may seek Thee, and find Thee my best, my truest 
joy. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 


298 NOVENAS 
Eighth Day 


OME, O Spirit of holy Fear, penetrate my 

inmost heart, that I may set Thee, my Lord 
and God, before my face forever; and shun all 
things that can offend Thee, so that I may be 
made worthy to appear before the pure eyes of 
Thy divine Majesty in the heaven of heavens, 
where Thou livest and reignest in the unity of 
the Ever-blessed Trinity, God, world without end. 
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


Ninth Day 


OME, O Holy Comforter, and grant us a 

relish for heavenly things. Produce in our 
souls the flowers and fruits of virtue, so that, 
being filled with all sweetness and joy in the 
pursuit of good, ‘we may attain unto eternal 
blessedness. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to 
the Father, etc. 


(For making the novena to the Holy Ghost at Pente- 
cost there is an indulgence of 7 years and 7 quarantines 
each day; at other times, of 300 days each day. — Pius 
IX. Nov. 26, 1876.) 


NOVENA TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 


RY, Virgin ever blessed! who can worthily 
praise thee or give thee thanks, who, by 
that wondrous assent of thy will, didst rescue a 
fallen world? What honors can the weakness of 





NOVENAS 299 


our human nature pay to thee, which by thy 
intervention alone has found the way to restora- 
tion? Accept, then, such poor thanks as we have 
here to offer, though they are unequal to thy 
merits; and, receiving our vows obtain by thy 
prayers the remission of our offenses. Carry thou 
our prayers within the sanctuary of the heavenly 
audience, and bring forth from it the medicine 
of our reconciliation. Through thee may those 
sins become pardonable the release from which 
through thee we ask of God, and that be granted 
which we demand with confidence. 

Accept what we offer, grant us what we seek, 
spare us what we fear, for thou art the sole hope 
of sinners. “Through thee we hope for the forgive- 
ness of our faults, and in thee, most blessed Virgin, 
is the hope of our reward. Holy Mary, succor 
the wretched, help the faint-hearted, comfort the 
sorrowful, pray for the people, shield the clergy, 
intercede for all women consecrated to God, let 
all feel thy aid who keep thy holy commemora- 
tion. Be thou at hand, ready to aid our prayers, 
when we pray, and bring back to us the answer 
we desire. 

Make it thy care to intercede ever for the 
people of God — thou who, blessed of God, didst 
merit to bear the Redeemer of the world Who 
liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 50 days, each time. — Prus IX. May 10, 1884.) 


300 NOVENAS 


These Miraculous Medal Perpetual Novena Prayers 
Are Printed with the Permission of 
THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF THE MIRACULOUS 
MEDAL 
Rev. Joseph A. Skelly, C.M., Director. 
GERMANTOWN, PHILA., PA. 


THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL 


The Medal of the Immaculate Conception, 
commonly called the Miraculous Medal, was 
revealed to a humble daughter of St. Vincent de 
Paul, Blessed Catherine Labouré, by Our Lady 
herself, in 1830. 

During her seminary days, Blessed Catherine 
received extraordinary favors, such as visions of 
the heart of St. Vincent de Paul and daily mani- 
festations of Our Lord in the Sacrament of His 
Love, but it was toward the close of that memo- 
rable year, 1830, that she was blessed with the 
three apparitions of Mary Immaculate, to which 
we owe the Miraculous Medal. 

The apparitions concerning the Medal were all 
very much alike; their nature, therefore, may be 
learned from a summary of Blessed Catherine’s 
account of the heavenly visitation which she 
received on November 27th: 

“The Blessed Virgin was standing on a globe, and her 
face was beautiful beyond words. Her fingers were 
covered with precious jewels whose light dazzled me. 
And I heard: ‘Behold the symbol of the graces I shed upon 
those who ask for them!’ Then an oval frame formed 
round the Blessed Virgin and I read in letters of gold: 
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who bave 


recourse to thee. The vision reversed, and I beheld the 
letter ‘M’ surmounted by a cross, at the foot of the cross a 





NOVENAS 301 


bar, and below all the Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns, 
and the Heart of Mary pierced with a sword. A voice 
said to me: ‘Have a medal struck after this model. Per- 
sons who wear it indulgenced will receive great graces 
especially if they wear it around the neck.’”’ 


The front of the Medal represents Mary stand- 
ing on the earth, her foot crushing the head of a 
serpent, and her hands outstretched to all who 
ask her assistance. The prayer encircling her 
contains one of her most precious titles: “O 
Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who 

have recourse to thee.” The rays of light from 

her hands symbolize the graces which she is only 

too anxious to bestow upon those who confide 
in her. 

When Blessed Catherine related the vision to 
her confessor, he asked her whether she had seen 
any writing on the back of the Medal. She 
answered that she had seen none at all. ‘Ah!’ 
said the good priest, “ask the Blessed Virgin what 
to put there.” The Sister obeyed, and having 
prayed a long time, one day during meditation, 
she seemed to hear a voice saying: “The M and 
the two hearts express enough.” 

The Medal was made according to Our Lady’s 
design. It became freely circulated and in a 
short time was worn by millions. In its wake 
followed wonders innumerable. Health was re- 
stored, sickness banished; bad habits broken, 
special graces given; dangers averted, blessings 
bestowed — until the little Medal of the Immacu- 
late Conception became known by the name it 
bears today, The Miraculous Medal. 


302 NOVENAS 
The Association of the Miraculous Medal 


Mary’s wish, expressed in the vision, is that 
all her children wear her Medal. To fulfill this 
wish Pope Pius X established The Association 
of the Miraculous Medal. Its purpose is ‘“‘to 
render due honor to Mary Immaculate, first by 
sanctifying ourselves, and second by contributing 
to the sanctification of our neighbor by means of 
the Miraculous Medal.” 

To promote this Association and to encourage 
all to become members Pius X (by brief of June 
3, 1905) extended to it all the following Indul- 
gences: 


Those invested in the Medal may gain a Plenary Indul- 
gence (under the usual conditions of Confession, Com- 
munion and prayer for the intentions of the Pope) on the 
following days: 


The day of investiture; at the hour of death; during 
the exercises of retreat, once a year; on the first Sunday of 
every month; all the Saturdays of Lent; on Passion 
Sunday and the following Friday; on Wednesday, Thurs- 
day and Friday of Holy Week: 


Feasts of Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, 
Pentecost, Holy Trinity; Immaculate Conception, Na- 
tivity of the B.V.M., Purification, Annunciation, Assump- 
tion; St. Joseph, March 19; Blessed Joseph Mary Thomas, 
March 24; Canonization of St. Cajetan Apr. 12; Finding 
of the Holy Cross, May 3; Blessed Paul Buralis, June 17; 
Nativity of St. John the Baptist, June 24; SS. Peter and 
Paul, June 29; Last Sunday of July; Our Lady of the 
Angels (of Portiuncula), Aug. 2; St. Cajetan, Aug. 7; St. 
Augustine, Aug. 28; Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sept. 
14; St. Michael, Archangel, Sept. 29; Guardian Angels, 
Oct. 2; St. Teresa, Oct. 15; AII Saints, Nov. 1; St. 
Andrew of Avellino, Nov. 10; Blessed John Marinonius, 
Dec. 13; first and last days of the Novena in preparation 


NOVENAS 303 


for Christmas; once during the exposition of the Most 
Blessed Sacrament at the Forty Hours’ Devotion. If the 
one invested should become a priest he can gain a Plenary 
Indulgence on the day he celebrates his First Mass. 


By virtue of a decree of the Sacred Penitentiary, April 
22, 1933, a partial Indulgence of ten years may be gamed 
each time that a member with a contrite heart devoutly 
recites six Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glorys for the 
intentions of the Holy Father, that is, for peace in the 
souls of men, for the due liberty of the Church throughout 
the world, and for concord and true prosperity among all 
peoples. By repeating these prayers at least once each 
day for a month, a Plenary Indulgence may be gained 
under the usual conditions of Confession and Communion. 


Those invested in the Medal can gain 300 days’ Indul- 
gence each time that they say the ejaculation, “O Mary, 
conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to 
thee.” (Jan. 30, 1930.) 


All the Indulgences mentioned above are applicable to 
the suffering souls in Purgatory. 


To share in this rich treasury of Indulgences 
two very important conditions that must be 
fulfilled are that a person be invested in the 
Medal by a priest having the faculties to do so 
and wear the Medal on the breast suspended 
from the neck. The members of the Associa- 
tion incur no obligations. It is recommended, 
however, that they repeat from time to time the 
ejaculation found on the obverse of the Medal: 
“Q Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us 
who have recourse to thee.” 

Any priest may obtain the faculties for invest- 
ing in the Miraculous Medal by applying to 
Rev. Josepu A. Sketty, C.M., Director of The 
Central Association of the Miraculous Medal, 100 
East Price Street, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 


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Origin of the Perpetual Novena 

Four Novenas of nine consecutive days were held in 
preparation for the four principal feasts of Our Lady at 
Mary’s Central Shrine, Germantown, Phila., Pa., which was 
built in honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in 
1927. 

These Novenas proved so popular and Mary bestowed 
her favors so generously that the suggestion was adopted 
of conducting the Novena every Monday at Mary’s Central 
Shrine. This was done December 8, 1930, one hundred 
years after Our Lady revealed the devotion to Blessed 
Catherine Labouré. Today 12 services are held every 
Monday at Mary’s Central Shrine and between 15,000 and 
20,000 people attend. 

In November, 1932, a priest requested permission to 
start the Novena in his Parish Church. This permission 
was gladly given. Today 1459 Churches in 40 States in our 
country and Churches in England, Ireland, Scotland, 
India, Canada, China and the Canal Zone conduct the 
Miraculous Medal Perpetual Novena. 


NOVENA DEVOTIONS 
Hymn 
(All stand) 


MOTHER DEAREST, MOTHER FAIREST 


Mother dearest, Mother fairest, 
Help of all who call on thee, 

Virgin purest, brightest, rarest, 
Help us, help, we cry to thee. 


Chorus 


Mary, help us, help we pray, 
Mary, help us, help we pray, 
Help us im all care and sorrow; 
Mary, help us, help we pray. 





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Reading of Announcements and Favors 





Opening Prayer 


- Priest: In the name of the Father and of the 


Son and of the Holy Ghost. 


People: Amen. 


Priest: Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of 
Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire 
of Thy love. 

Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be 
created. 

People: And Thou shalt renew the face of the 
earth. 

Priest: Let us pray. 

O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the 
faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, 
grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise 
and ever to rejoice in His consolation, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

People: Amen, 

Priest: O Mary, conceived without sin. 

People: Pray for us who have recourse to thee. 
(3 times.) 

Priest and People: O Lord Jesus Christ, | Who 
hast vouchsafed to glorify by numberless 
miracles | the Blessed Virgm Mary, | Im- 
maculate from the first moment of her Con- 
ception, | grant that all who devoutly implore 
her protection on earth, | may eternally 
enjoy Thy presence in heaven. | Who, with 
the Father and Holy Ghost, | livest and 
reignest, God, for ever and ever. Amen. 


306 NOVENAS 


O Lord Jesus Christ, | Who for the accom- 
plishment of Thy greatest works, | hast 
chosen the weak things of the world, | that 
no flesh may glory in Thy sight; | and Who 
for a better and more widely diffused belief | 
in the Immaculate Conception of Thy 
Mother, | hast wished that the Miraculous 
Medal | be manifested to Saint Catherine 
Labouré, | grant, we beseech Thee, | that 
filled with like humility, | we may glorify 
this mystery by word and work. Amen. 


Memorare 


Priest and People: Remember, O most com- 
passionate Virgin Mary, | that never was it 
known | that any one who fled to thy pro- 
tection, | implored thy assistance | or sought 
thy intercession, | was left unaided. | In- 
spired with this confidence, | we fly unto 
thee, | O Virgin of virgins, our Mother; | to 
thee we come; | before thee we kneel | sinful 
and sorrowful. | O Mother of the Word In- 
carnate, | despise not our petitions, | but in 
thy clemency hear and answer them. Amen. 


Novena Prayer 


Priest and People: O Immaculate Virgin Mary, | 
Mother of Our Lord Jesus and our Mother, | 
penetrated with the most lively confidence | 
in thy all powerful and never failing mter- 
cession, | manifested so often through the 
Miraculous Medal, | we thy loving and 
trustful children | implore thee to obtain 


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for us | the graces and favors we ask during 
this Novena, | if they be beneficial to our im- 
mortal souls, | and the souls for whom we pray. 


Here privately mention your Petitions. 


Thou knowest, O Mary, | how often our 
souls have been the sanctuaries of thy Son | 
Who hates iniquity. | Obtain for us then | a 
deep hatred of sin | and that purity of heart | 
which will attach us to God alone | so that 
our every thought, word and deed | may tend 
to His greater glory. | Obtain for us also | a 
spirit of prayer and self-denial | that we may 
recover by penance | what we have lost by 
sin | and at length attain to that blessed 
abode | where thou art the Queen of angels 
and of men. Amen. 


An Act of Consecration to Our Lady of the Miraculous 
Medal 


Priest and People: O Virgin Mother of God, | 
Mary Immaculate, | we dedicate and con- 
secrate ourselves to thee | under the title of 
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. | May 
this Medal be for each one of us | a sure sign 
of thy affection for us | and a constant re- 
minder of our duties towards thee. | Ever 
while wearing it, | may we be blessed by thy 
loving protection | and preserved in the grace 
of thy Son. | O Most powerful Virgin, | 
Mother of our Savior, | keep us close to thee | 
every moment of our lives. | Obtain for us, 
thy children, | the grace of a happy death; | so 


308 NOVENAS 


that, in union with thee, | we may enjoy the 
bliss of heaven forever. Amen. 

Priest: O Mary, conceived without sin, 

People: Pray for us who have recourse to thee. 
(3 times.) 


SHORT SERMON 


HYMN—MOTHER DEAR, O PRAY FOR ME 
(All seated) 


Mother dear, O pray for me 
Whilst far from heav’n and thee 

I wander in a fragile bark 
O’er life’s tempestuous sea. 

O Virgin Mother, from thy throne, 
So bright in bliss above, 

Protect thy child, and cheer my path 
With thy sweet smile of love. 


Chorus 


Mother dear, remember me, 
And never cease thy care, 
Till in heaven eternally 


Thy love and bliss I share. 


Mother dear, O pray for me! 
Should pleasure’s siren lay 

E’er tempt thy child to wander far 
From virtue’s path away; 

When thorns beset life’s devious way, 
And darkling waters flow, 


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Then, Mary, aid thy weeping child, 
Thyself a mother show. — Chorus. 


: Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament 


People: Tantum ergo Sacramentum 
Veneremur cernul, 
Et antiquum documentum 
Novo cedat ritul; 
Praestet fides supplementum 
Sensuum defectui. 





People: Genitori, Genitoque 
Laus et jubilatio, 
Salus, honor, virtus quoque 
Sit et benedictio: 
Procedenti ab utroque 
Compar sit laudatio. Amen. 


Priest: Panem de coelo praestitisti eis. 
People: Omne delectamentum in se 
habentum. 
OREMUS 


Priest: Deus, qui nobis sub Sacramento mir- 
abili, passionis tuae memoriam reliquisti: 
tribue, quaesumus, Ita nos corporis et san- 
guinis tui sacra mysteria venerari, ut re- 
demptionis tuae fructum in nobis jugiter 
sentiamus. Qui vivis et regnas in saecula 
saeculorum. 

People: Amen. 


For the Divine Praises which close the exer- 
cises see page 194. 


310 NOVENAS 


NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPH 
@) GLORIOUS St. Joseph, faithful follower of 


Jesus Christ, to thee do we raise our hearts 
and hands to implore thy powerful mtercession 
in obtaining from the benign Heart of Jesus all 
the heips and graces necessary for our spiritual 
and temporal welfare, particularly the grace of 
a happy death, and the special favor we now 
implore. 

O guardian of the Word Incarnate, we feel 
animated with confidence that thy prayers in our 
behalf will be graciously heard before the throne 
of God. 


Then the following V. and R. are to be said seven times, 
in honor of the seven joys or sorrows of St. Joseph. 


V. O glorious St. Joseph, through the love thou 
dost bear to Jesus Christ, and for the glory of 
His name, 

R. Hear our prayers and obtain our petitions. 


Prayer 
@) GLORIOUS St. Joseph, spouse of the im- 


maculate Virgin, obtain for me a pure, 
humble, and charitable mind, and perfect resig- 
nation to the divine will. Be my guide, father, 
and model through life, that I may merit to die| 
as thou didst in the arms of Jesus and Mary. 
St. Joseph, friend of the Sacred Heart, pray for 
us. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each day. — Prus IX. Nov. 26, 1876. 





NOVENAS 311 


NOVENA OF GRACE 
In honor of St. Francis Xavier 


N the name of the Father, 4K and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

V. Thou, O Lord, wilt open my lips. 

R. And my mouth shall announce Thy praise. 

V. Incline unto my aid, O God. 

R. O Lord, make haste to help me. 

V. Glory be to the Father, etc. 

R. As it was in the beginning, etc. 





Prayer 


GOD! who wast pleased to restore to the 

bosom of Thy Church, the nations of the 
Indies, through the preaching and miracles of 
St. Francis Xavier, mercifully grant us, that we 
may imitate his virtues, whose glorious merits 
we hold in veneration. Through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


Hymn 


Father St. Francis, we kneel at thy feet 
While blessings and favors we beg and 
entreat, 
That thou from thy bright throne in heaven above 
Wouldst look on thy clients with pity and love. 
St. Francis Xavier, O pray for us! || 


O, Father St. Francis, thy words were once strong 

Against Satan’s wiles and an infidel throng, 

Not less is thy might where in heaven thou art; 

Oh, come to our aid, in our battle take part. 
St. Francis Xavier, O pray for us! || 


312 NOVENAS 


Prayer of Novena 
MOST lovable and Joving St. Francis Xavier, 


in union with thee I adore the Divine 
Majesty, whilst joyfully giving thanks to God for 
the wonderful graces which He conferred upon 
thee in life, and for the great glory with which 
He has gifted thee In heaven. I come to thee, 
with heartfelt love, begging thee to secure for 
me, by thy powerful intercession, the inestimable 
blessing of living and dying in the state of grace. 
I also beseech thee to obtain the favor I ask in 
this novena. Here state your intention. 


But if what I ask is not for the glory of God, or 
for the good of my soul, do thou obtain for me 
what is most conductive for both. Amen. 

V. Pray for us, St. Francis Xavier. 

R. That we may be made worthy of the 
promises of Christ. 

Following the discourse is sung: 
Hymn of St. Francis Xavier 

O God, Thou art the object of my love, 
Not for the hope of endless joys above, 
Nor for the fear of endless pains below 
Which those who Jove Thee not must undergo. 
For me, and such as me, Thou once didst bear 
The tgnominious cross, the nails, the spear; 
A thorny crown transpierced Thy sacred brow; 
What bloody sweats from every member flow! 
Such as then was and is Thy love for me, 
Such ts and shall be still my love for Thee; 
Thy love O Jesus, will I ever sing — 
‘O God of love, sweet Saviour, dearest King! 


NOVENAS 313 


NOVENA TO ST. ANNE 


ITH deep and heartfelt veneration I pros- 
trate myself before thee, O glorious St. Anne. 
Thou art that creation of privilege and predilec- 
tion, who through thy extraordinary virtues and 
sanctity wast worthy to receive from God the 
supreme grace of giving life to the treasure-house 
of all graces, blessed among women, Mother of 
the Word Incarnate, the most holy Virgin Mary, 
| Deign, therefore, O most compassionate saint, 
for the sake of this lofty privilege, to receive me 
Into the number of thy true followers, for such 
I protest I am and desire to remain so long as 
I may live. Surround me with thy powerful 
patronage, and obtain for me from God the grace 
to imitate those virtues with which thou wast 
so abundantly adorned. Grant that I may know 
and bitterly Iament my sins. Obtain for me a 
most lively affection for Jesus and Mary, and 
fidelity and constancy in the practice of the duties 
of my state. Preserve me from every danger in 
life, and assist me in the moment of my death, 
so that, safe in Paradise, I may unite with thee, 
most blessed Mother, in praising the Word of 
God made man in the bosom of thy most pure 
child, the Virgin Mary. Amen. Our Father, Hail 
Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc., three times. 
(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Leo XIII. Maar. 20, 


1886. Ind. of 7 years, and 7 quarantines for novena said 
before feast of St. Anne, July 26.) 


314 NOVENAS 


NOVENA TO SAINT TERESA 
OF THE INFANT JESUS 


The Little Flower of Jesus 


Prayer for Each Day 
GLORIOUS TERESA of the Infant Jesus, 


through whose unshaken confidence God was 
so glorified, obtain for me the same filial trust and 
love which animated thy innocent heart and soul. 
Grant that I may practice self-abnegation, pa- 
tience and confidence, and that my confidence 
may be a fountain of blessings which God pours 
out upon me. As confidence was for thee the key 
to the greatest treasures of God, so it may induce 
me to throw myself into my Saviour’s arms and 
say with David: “In Thee, O my God, I put my 
trust, let me not be confounded.” Amen. 


First Day 


PRAYER 


ALMIGHTY God and Creator of all things, 

Who to banish from human hearts l[uke- 
warmness in Thy service and inflame souls in 
divine love, hast enriched the soul of Thy 
Little Flower with such unshaken faith that she 
desired most ardently to give her life for Thee: 
I beseech Thee, by the merits of the lively faith 
of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus, to infuse 
into my soul such an ardent faith that I may 
firmly believe all the truths taught by the Holy 
Catholic Church, and practice all the virtues until 
death. Our Father, Hail Mary, and Gloria. 





NOVENAS 315 


Act of Oblation of Saint Teresa of the 
Infant Jesus 


Y LORD and my God! O Most Blessed 

Trinity! I desire to love Thee and to make 
Thee loved by mankind. Since Thou hast loved 
‘me so much as to give me the only begotten 
Son for my Saviour and my Spouse, the infinite 
treasures of His merits are mine. These merits 
I offer to Thee with joy, beseeching Thee to 
behold me only as in the Face of Jesus, and in 
His Sacred Heart burning with love. Moreover, 
I offer Thee all the merits of the saints — in 
heaven and on earth — together with their acts of 
love, and those of the holy Angels. Lastly, I 
offer Thee, O Blessed Trinity, the love and merits 
of the Blessed Virgin, my dearest Mother. To 
her I entrust this oblation, begging her to present 
it to Thee. Amen. 

Holy Child Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady 
of Victories, pray for us. Saint Teresa of the 
Infant Jesus, pray for us. Little Flower of Jesus, 
pray for us. Amen. 


Second Day 


PRAYER 


ALMIGHTY God, Who art admirable in 
Thy Saints, grant me the gift of hope with 
which Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus was 
endowed, that I may believe firmly Thy words, 
“Whatsoever you shall ask in My Name, it shall 
be given to you,” and as Saint Teresa aban- 


316 NOVENAS 


doned all the vanities of the world and conse- 
crated herself to Thee with unshaken faith and 
confidence, may I also despise all that the world 
appreciates, and seek Thee alone Who art my 
love and my all. Amen. Our Father, etc., and the 
Act of Oblation. 


Third Day 


PRAYER 


MY Jesus, grant that I may love Thee, as 

much as Saint Teresa, Thy Little Flower, 
loved Thee, and that I may say with her: “O 
my Jesus, I beg Thee only for Thy love without © 
limits and without bounds. Grant, O my Jesus, 
that for love of Thee I may be a martyr. I wish | 
to love Thee as Thou hast never been loved.” 
And thou, O little Saint, succor and assist me that 
I may never show myself ungrateful to Him Who 
loved me so much. Amen. Our Fatber, etc., 


and the Act of Oblation. 


Fourth Day 


PRAYER 


MY God and my Lord, Thou givest me 

what is best for me, and as Thy Little 
Flower consecrated herself to Thee as a sacrificial 
victim to endure for love of Thee all sufferings 
and pains, so also may I accept whatever hard- 
ships and contradictions Thou hast destined for 
my sanctification with perfect submission and 





NOVENAS 317 


even with cheerful mind, that I may be able to 
say as Thy cherished spouse, “O Jesus, I am a 
victim of Thy love.” Amen. Our Father, etc., 
and the Act of Oblation. 


Fifth Day 


PRAYER 


MY Lord, Innocence itself, Thou hast 
endured all manner of opprobrious treat- 
ment for love of me. Give me the grace of 
humility, self-abnegation, and patience that I may 
imitate Thy spouse, Saint Teresa of the Infant 
Jesus, and say with all my heart, O my despised 
Jesus, grant me the merits of Thy humility and 
patience to bear in tranquil spirit all the sufferings 
of this life, and then to enjoy Thy company with 
Thy spouse, the Little Flower. Amen. Our 
Father, etc., and the Act of Oblation. 





Sixth Day 


PRAYER 


MY sweet Jesus, give me the charity and 

simplicity of Saint Teresa of the Infant 
Jesus, whose mission in heaven is to make others 
love the good God as she loved Him, to teach 
souls her little way. Give me such longings that 
I may not rest until my heart loves God with 
all my strength, until I arrive at the spiritual 
childhood of the Little Flower of Jesus. Amen. 
Our Father, etc., and the Act of Oblation. 


318 NOVENAS 


Seventh Day 
PRAYER 


MY dear Jesus, give me grace to practise 

little virtues. It is sometimes difficult, but 
I trust in Thy goodness and love for little souls. 
I am too little and weak to climb the steep 
ladder of perfection, but I know that as much 
as I hope I shall obtain from Thee. I jom then 
Thy Little Flower and implore Thee with her to 
make me one of the many little, humble victims, 
worthy of Thy love. Amen. Our Father, etc., 
and the Act of Oblation. 


Eighth Day 
PRAYER 


MY God and my love, give me on this earth 

the same mission Thou gavest to Thy Little 
Flower in heaven, of passing life in doing good 
to my neighbor. O Jesus, help me to console 
little souls and encourage them to love Thee; let 
them love Thee as much as Thy Immaculate 
Mother, Thy foster-father St. Joseph, Thy holy 
angels and Thy cherished Little Teresa loved 
Thee. Allow me to pray with her: “Let Thy 
divine glance rest upon a vast number of little 
souls, worthy victims of Thy love.” Amen. 


Our Father, etc., and the Act of Oblation. 


NOVENAS 319 


Ninth Day 


PRAYER 


MY dear Lord, grant me as much filial 
veneration and love for Thy faithful foster- 
father and Thy most holy and immaculate 
Mother, as Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus 
cherished in her simple and child-like heart. 
And thou, O my little Saint, address thyself to 
my great protector and father St. Joseph, and 
my most holy Mother Mary, and entreat them 
to obtain for me the grace of dying in the arms 
of Jesus and uttering thy own words: 
50,2 219 loveutHimery My @e God ®-r1"... 
love Thee.”” Amen. Our Father, etc., and the 
Act of Oblation. 








Devotions to the Blessed Trinity 
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS 
N the name of the Father, 44 and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
(Ind. of 50 days, each time. — Pius IX. Dec. 5, 1876.) 
PRAYER TO THE HOLY TRINITY 
ADORE Thee, O my God, one God in three 
Persons; I humble myself before Thy Maj- 
esty. Thou alone art being, life, truth, beauty, 
and goodness. I glorify Thee, I praise Thee, I 
thank Thee, and I love Thee, all incapable and 
unworthy as I am, in union with the dear Son, 
Jesus Christ, our Saviour and our Father, in the 
mercifulness of His Heart and through His infi- 
nite merits. I wish to serve Thee, to please Thee, 
to obey Thee, and to love Thee always, in union 
with Mary immaculate, Mother of God and our 
Mother, loving also and serving my neighbor for 
Thy sake. Therefore, give me the Holy Spirit 
to enlighten, correct, and guide me in the way of 
Thy commandments, and in all perfection, until 
I come to the happiness of heaven, where I shall 
glorify Thee forever. Amen. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prus X. Apr. 18, 1906.) 


A VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 32I 


Devotions to the Blessed Sacrament 
ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION 
By St. Alphonsus Liguori 


Y Jesus, I believe that Thou art truly pres- 
ent in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I 

love Thee above all things and I desire to possess 
Thee within my soul. Since I am unable now to 
receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spirit- 
ually into my heart. I embrace Thee as being 
already there, and unite myself wholly to Thee; 
never, never permit me to be separated from Thee. 
Jesus, my sweet love, wound, inflame this heart 
of mine, so that it may be always and all on fire 


for Thee. 


(Ind. of 60 days, once a day. — Leo XIII. June 30, 
1893.) 


VISITS TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 
When entering the church genuflect before the tabernacle, 
and say: 

OWN in adoration falling, 
Lo! the sacred Host we hail! 
(Ind. of 100 days, each time. — BENEDIcT XV. Mar. 22, 
1917.) 


PRAYER TO JESUS IN THE TABERNACLE 


EAR Jesus, present in the Sacrament of the 
altar, be forever thanked and praised. Love, 
worthy of all celestial and terrestrial love, Who, 
out of infinite love for me, ungrateful sinner, didst 
assume our human nature, didst shed Thy most 
precious blood in the cruel scourging, and didst 


322 A VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


expire on a shameful cross for our eternal welfare! 
Now, iUlumined with lively faith, with the out- 
pouring of my whole soul and the fervor of my 
heart, I humbly beseech Thee, through the mnfi- 
nite merits of Thy painful sufferings, give me 
strength and courage to destroy every evil pas- 
sion which sways my heart, to bless Thee in my 
greatest afflictions, to glorify Thee by the exact 
fulfilment of all my duties, supremely to hate 
all sin, and thus to become a saint. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. — Prius IX. Jan. 1, 
1866.) 


HYMN OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 
Our Lord in the Tabernacle 


ADORE Thee humbly, O Thou hidden God, 
Who beneath these figures truly dost abide. 
All my light 1s darkness contemplating Thee. 
Lo! my heart lies prostrate to Love’s mystery. 


Seeing, touching, tasting, fail in proving Thee; 

But Thy word suffices given sacredly. 

Know we nothing truer ever can be heard, 

Than the words of Jesus Who is Truth’s own 
Word. 


On the cross was hidden Thy divinity, 

But these veils hide likewise Thy humanity; 
I, in both believing, offer my belief, 

Praying for Thy pardon with the dying thief. 


A VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 323 


Thy open wounds transfigured I may not behold, 

But confess with Thomas: Thou art Lord and 
God! 

Grant my soul a burning faith; light it from 
above. 

Be Thou all my treasure! Be Thou all my love! 


O remembrance lasting of the Crucified! 

Living Bread sustaining those for whom He died! 
Make me a consuming fire drawing life from Thee, 
Yield my soul Thy sweetness; let it taste and see! 


Like a Ioving pelican, feed me, Jesus, Lord; 

I am all unholy; wash me in Thy Blood, 

In that life-blood flowing o’er the world in pain, 
Though a drop had cleansed it of its mighty stain. 


Jesus, Love, here present on the altar veiled, 
O fulfil my longing when Thou art revealed — 
To behold the vision of Thy holy face 


And be rapt forever in Its perfect peace. Amen. 


PRAYER OF SHUR THERESE 
EILED in the white Host, O my Well- 


beloved, how meek and humble of heart 
dost Thou show Thyself to me! Thou couldst 
not stoop lower to teach me humility, and I, to 
respond to Thy love, desire to put myself in the 
lowest place and share Thy humiliations, that 
I may have part with Thee in the kingdom of 
Heaven. 
I beseech Thee, my Jesus, to send me some 
humiliations each time that I shall attempt to 
put myself above others. 


324 A VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


PRAYER OF ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI BEFORE 
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


LORD Jesus Christ, Who, through the Jove 
which Thou bearest to men, dost remain 
with them day and night in this Sacrament, full 
of mercy and of love, expecting, inviting, and 
receiving all who come to visit Thee; I believe 
that Thou art present in the Sacrament of the 
altar. From the abyss of my nothingness I adore 
Thee; and I thank Thee for all the favors which 
Thou hast bestowed upon me, particularly for 
having given me Thyself in this Sacrament, for 
having given me for my advocate Thy most holy 
Mother Mary, and for having called me to visit 
Thee m this church. 
I, this day, salute Thy most loving Heart, and 
{ wish to salute it for three ends: first, in thanks- 
giving for this great gift; secondly, in reparation 
for all the injuries Thou hast received from Thine 
enemies in this Sacrament; thirdly, I wish, by 
this visit, to adore Thee in all places in which 
Thou art least honored and most abandoned in 
the Holy Sacrament. My Jesus, I love Thee 
with my whole heart. J am sorry for having 
hitherto offended Thy infinite goodness. I pur- 
pose, with the assistance of Thy grace, nevermore 
to offend Thee; and, at this moment, miserable 
as I am, I consecrate my whole being to Thee. 
I give Thee my entire will, all my affections and 
desires, and all I have. From this day forward 
do what Thou wilt with me, and with whatever 
belongs to me. I ask and desire only Thy holy 


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love, the gift of final perseverance, and the per- 
fect accomplishment of Thy will. I recommend 
to Thee the souls in Purgatory, particularly those 
who were most devoted to the Blessed Sacra- 
ment and to most Holy Mary; and I also recom- 
mend to Thee all poor smners. Finally, my dear 
- Saviour, I unite all my affections with the affec- 
tions of Thy most loving Heart; and, thus 
united, I offer them to Thy Eternal Father; 
and I entreat Him, in Thy Name, and for Thy 
sake, to accept them. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prius IX. Sept. 7, 1857.) 


EJACULATIONS 
(Ind. of 100 Days, before the tabernacle or 300 Days, 
at exposition. “In future any form of words expressive 


of adoration will suffice for the Indulgences of 100 days and 
300 days respectively.” —BrNnepicr XV. March 22, 1917.) 


ESUS, my God, here present in the Sacra- 
ment of Thy love, I adore Thee. 


(T9® adore Thee, Thou true Bread of angels. 
RAISED and adored forever be the most 


holy Sacrament. 


JESUS, in the most holy Sacrament, have 
mercy on us. 


Gorey art Christ, the Son of the living God. 


When genuflecting on leaving the church, say: 
(PD adore and praise Thee, most holy Lord 

Jesus Christ, because by Thy holy cross 
Thou hast redeemed the world. 


LL OSLKO IKE O CEO LO LKE 





The Holy Hour before the Blessed 
Sacrament 


FIRST QUARTER OF AN HOUR: ADORATION 


OST Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy 

Ghost, behold us prostrate in Thy divine 

presence. We humble ourselves profoundly, and 
beg of Thee pardon for our sins. 

We adore Thee, omnipotent Father, and with 
the outpouring of our hearts, we thank Thee for 
having given us Thy divine Son Jesus to be our 
Redeemer, and for having left Him with us to 
the consummation of the world in the most august 
Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, in which mys- 
tery of faith and love, He reveals to us the 
wonders of His Sacred Heart. Glory be to the 
Father, etc. 

O divine Word, most adorable Jesus, we adore 
Thee in Thy Sacrament, and with the outpouring 
of our hearts we thank Thee for having taken 
human flesh and for having made Thyself, for 
our redemption, Priest and Victim in the sacrifice 
of the Cross, a sacrifice which, by an excess of 
the love of Thy adorable Heart, Thou dost renew 


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every moment on our altars throughout the world. 
O supreme Priest, O divine Victim, grant that 
we may honor the sacrifice of the most holy 
Eucharist with the united homage of most holy 
Mary and of all Thy Church, in triumph, in 
suffering, and in warfare. We offer ourselves 
wholly to Thee, and since Thou dost deign to 
have victims associated with Thee, accept our 
offering, and uniting it with Thine, bless us. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 

O divine Spirit and Paraclete, we adore Thee, 
and with the outpouring of our hearts, we thank 
Thee for having, with so much love for us, 
wrought the ineffable blessing of the Incarnation 
of the divine Word, a benefit which is being con- 
tinually extended and increased in the most holy 
Eucharist. By this adorable mystery of the love 
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, grant to us and to 
all sinners Thy grace; pour out upon us and upon 
all redeemed souls Thy holy gifts, but in a special 
manner bestow them upon Thy holy Church, the 
Spouse of Jesus Christ, and our Mother, upon 
its visible head, the Supreme Pontiff, upon all 
the Cardinals, the Bishops and pastors of souls, 
on all priests and on all the other ministers of the 
sanctuary. Amen. Glory be to the Father, etc. 

(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Prus X. Mar. 22, 1905.) 


A PRAYER OF ADORATION 


OME, Iet us sing to the Lord; let us rejoice 

in God, our Saviour.. Let us enter His 
presence with thanksgiving, and with psalms 
proclaim our joy. 


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For the Lord is a great God: and a great King 
above all gods. For in His hand are all parts of 
the earth however remote, and He looks down 
upon the highest mountains. 

For His is the sea, since He created it, and He 
fashioned the earth with His hands. Come, let 
us prostrate ourselves before God, and adore 
Him. Let us implore the Lord Who created us, 
for He is the Lord our God, and we are His people 
and the flock of His pasture. 

O, that you would listen to His voice today! 
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc., 
five times and repeated once extra for the Pope. 

(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius IX. Nov. 26, 1876.) 


SECOND QUARTER OF AN HOUR: THANKSGIVING 


E adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee. 

Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 

ADORE Thee, eternal Father, and I give 

Thee thanks for the infinite love with which 
Thou didst deign to send Thy only-begotten Son 
to redeem me, and to become the food of my 
soul. I offer Thee all the acts of adoration and 
thanksgiving that are offered to Thee by the 
angels and saints in heaven, and by the just on 
earth. I praise, love, and thank Thee with all 
the praise, love, and thanksgiving that are offered 
to Thee by Thine own Son in the Blessed Sacra- 
ment; and I beg Thee to grant that He may be 
known, loved, honored, praised, and worthily 
received by all, in this most divine Sacrament. 
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


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ADORE Thee, eternal Son, and I thank 

Thee for the infinite love which caused Thee 
to become man for me, to be born im a stable, to 
live in poverty, to suffer hunger, thirst, heat, 
cold, fatigue, hardships, contempt, persecutions, 
the scourging, the crowning with thorns, and a 
cruel death upon the hard wood of the cross. I 
thank Thee, with the Church militant and tri- 
umphant, for the infinite love with which Thou 
didst institute the most blessed Sacrament to be 
the food of my soul. 


ADORE Thee in all the consecrated Hosts 

throughout the whole world, and I return 
thanks for those who know Thee not, and who 
do not thank Thee. Would that I were able to 
give my life to make Thee known, loved, and 
honored by all, in this Sacrament of Iove, and to 
prevent the Irreverences and sacrileges that are 
committed against Thee! I love Thee, divine 
Jesus, and I desire to receive Thee with all the 
purity, love, and affection of Thy blessed Mother, 
and with the love and affection of Thy own most 
pure Heart. Grant, O most amiable Spouse of 
my soul, in coming to me in this most holy Sacra- 
ment, that I may receive all the graces and bless- 
ings which Thou dost come to bestow on us, and 
Jet me rather die than receive Thee unworthily. 


Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


ADORE Thee, eternal Holy Ghost, and I 
give Thee thanks for the infinite love with 
which Thou didst work the ineffable mystery of 
the Incarnation, and for the infinite love with 


330 AN HOUR BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


which Thou didst form the sacred Body of Our 
Lord Jesus Christ out of the most pure blood of 
the Blessed Virgin Mary, become in this Sacra- 
ment the food of my soul. I beg Thee to enlighten 
my mind, and to purify my heart and the hearts 
of all men, that all may know the benefit of Thy 
Jove, and recetve worthily this most Blessed 
Sacrament. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc. 
(Ind. of 7 years and 7 quarantines, if recited before 
the Blessed Sacrament on any Thursday; 100 days on 
any other day; plenary, after Communion on the first 
Thursday. — Pius VI. Oct. 17, 1796.) 
A PSALM OF PRAISE 
(Psalm CXLIV) 


WILL extol Thee, O God my king: and I 
will bless Thy name forever; yea, forever 
and ever. 

Every day will I bless Thee, and I will praise 
Thy name forever; yea, forever and ever. 

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: 
and of His greatness there is no end. 

Generation and generation shall praise Thy 
works, and they shall declare Thy power. 

They shall speak of the magnificence of the 
glory of Thy holiness, and shall tell Thy wondrous 
works. 

And they shall speak of the might of Thy 
terrible acts, and shall declare Thy greatness. 

They shall publish the memory of the abun- 
dance of Thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in Thy 
righteousness. 

The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and 
plenteous in mercy. 


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The Lord is sweet to all; and His tender 
mercies are over all His works. 

Let all Thy works, O Lord, praise Thee: and 
Tet Thy saints bless Thee. 

They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom: 
and shall tell of Thy power: 

To make Thy might known to the sons of men: 
and the glory of the magnificence of Thy kingdom. 

Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and Thy 
dominion endureth throughout all generations. 

The Lord is faithful in all His words: and holy 
in all His works. 

The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth 

up all that are cast down. 
The eyes of all hope in Thee, O Lord: and Thou 
-givest them meat in due season. 

Thou openest Thy hand, and fillest with bless- 
ing every living creature. 

The Lord is just in all His ways, and holy in 
all His works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon 
Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. 

He will do the will of them that fear Him, and 
He will hear their prayer, and save them. 

The Lord keepeth all them that love Him; but 
all the wicked He will destroy. 

My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: 
and let all flesh bless His holy name forever; yea, 
forever and ever. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory 
be to the Father, etc., frve times and repeated once 
extra for the Pope. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius IX. JVov. 26, 1876.) 


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THIRD QUARTER OF AN HOUR: REPARATION 


ADORE Thee, my Jesus, hid beneath the 

mystic emblems; I acknowledge Thee true 
God and true man. By this, my act of adoration, 
I intend to make Thee reparation for the cold 
hearts of so many of Thy people, who pass before 
Thy holy churches, nay, before Thy very taber- 
nacle, where, hour after hour, Thou dost deign 
to dwell with loving impatience to give Thyself 
to be Thy people’s food, who yet do not even 
bend the knee before Thee, their God; but, Itke 
the Israelites In the wilderness, seem, by their 
very indifference, to loathe this heavenly manna. 
I offer Thee Thine own most Precious Blood, 
which Thou didst shed from the wound in Thy 
Ieft foot in reparation for this hateful coldness, 
and entering therein in spirit, I cry — 


O Sacrament most holy! O Sacrament divine! 
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment 
Thine! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be 
to the Father, etc. 


ROFOUNDLY I adore Thee, my Jesus; I 
acknowledge Thy presence in this most holy 
Sacrament. By this act of adoration, fain would 
I make amends for the forgetfulness of Thy 
people, so many of whom seem as though they 
knew Thee not; but, while they see Thee go to 
the poor sick, to be their strength in their great 
journey to eternity, leave Thee unescorted, and 
hardly give Thee even one outward sign of hom- 
age. I offer Thee in reparation for this coldness 





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Thine own most Precious Blood, which Thou 
didst shed from the wound in Thy right foot, and 
entering therein in spirit, again I cry ten thousand 
times: 


O Sacrament most holy! O Sacrament divine! 
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment 
Thine! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be 
to the Father, etc. 


ROFOUNDLY I adore Thee, my Jesus, true 

Bread of life eternal; and by this act of 
adoration I fain would make Thee compensation 
for all the wounds with which Thy Sacred Heart 
doth daily bleed to see the profanation of the 
churches wherein Thou dost vouchsafe to abide, 
beneath the sacramental species, to receive the 
love and adoration of Thy people. I offer Thee, 
in reparation for such great irreverence, Thine 
own most Precious Blood, which Thou didst shed 
from the wound in thy left hand, and, entering 
therein, in spirit, I say at every moment: 


O Sacrament most holy! O Sacrament divine! 
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment 
Thine! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be 
to the Father, etc. 


ROFOUNDLY I adore Thee, my Jesus, 
living Bread come down from heaven: and 
by this act of adoration I fain would make amends 
for all the acts of irreverence which Thy people, 
day by day, commit in assisting at holy Mass, 
wherein Thou dost renew, though blocdlessly, 


334 AN HOUR BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


that selfsame Sacrifice which once Thou didst 
consummate on Calvary for our salvation. I 
offer Thee, mn reparation for all this ingratitude, 
Thine own most Precious Blood which Thou didst 
shed from the wound in Thy right hand; and, 
entering thereim, in spirit, I uplift my voice, and 
together with Thy holy angels, who stand around 
Thy throne, I say: 


O Sacrament most boly! O Sacrament divine! 
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment 
Thine! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be 
to the Father. etc.) 


ROFOUNDLY I adore Thee, my Jesus, true 

Victim of atonement for our sins; and I 
offer this act of adoration in compensation for 
the sacrilegious outrages which Thou dost receive 
from so many of Thy ungrateful people, who dare 
to draw nigh to Thee and to receive Thee in 
Communion with mortal sin upon their souls. 
In reparation for these hateful sacrileges, I offer 
Thee these Iast drops of Thy most Precious Blood 
which Thou didst shed from the wound in Thy 
most sacred side; and, entering therein, in spirit, 
I adore Thee, I bless Thee, I love Thee, and, 
with all the holy souls who love Thee in the most 
holy Sacrament, I exclaim: 


O Sacrament most boly! O Sacrament divine! 
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment 
Thine! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be 
to the Father, etc. 





AN HOUR BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 335 


ASPIRATIONS 
(From Psalms CV, LVI, CII, LXXVIII) 


EMEMBER us, O Lord, in the favor of Thy 
people: 

Visit us with Thy salvation. 

That we may see the good of Thy chosen, that 
we may rejoice in the joy of Thy nation: 

That Thou mayst be praised with Thy m- 
heritance. 

We have sinned with our fathers: 

We have acted unjustly, we have wrought 
iniquity. 

Have mercy on us, O God, have mercy on us: 

For our soul trusteth in Thee. 

O Lord, repay us not according to the sins we 
have committed, 

Nor according to our iniquities. 

O Lord, remember not our former iniquities: 

Let Thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we 
are become exceeding poor. 

Help us, O God our Saviour; 

And for the glory of Thy Name, O Lord, 
deliver us: 

And forgive us our sins for Thy Name’s sake. 
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc., 
five times and repeated once extra for the Pope. 


FOURTH QUARTER OF AN HOUR: PETITION 
SWEET Saviour and Redeemer of mankind, 


Who in the impenetrable designs of Thine 
infinite wisdom, bearest with the audacity of the 


336 AN HOUR BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


impious and sufferest the violence of the wicked, 
reserving to Thyself the sovereign right of judging 
the impious man and his perverse works, turn 
Thy merciful regard upon Thy children, who in 
the blindness of their hearts have turned from 
Thee in rebellion. With the eyes of a father, and 
with the power of the sovereign King of the uni- 
verse, stretch forth Thy hand to bless and regen- 
erate modern society, which is rebelliously turning 
its back on Thee, the King of kings and Lord 
of lords. Be moved to compassion for Thy people, 
whom Thou hast purchased with Thy Blood, 
regenerated with Thy grace, and exalted with 
Thy love. Thou hast given them true liberty, 
Thou hast called them to the inheritance of Thy 
Father, Thou hast numbered them among Thy 
brethren; but in the delirtum of their rebellion, 
they have preferred the slavery of Satan, and 
live m abject misery, without joy, and without 
hope. 


MY Lord Jesus Christ, King of eternal glory, 

restorer of all things in heaven and on earth, 
supreme and omnipotent, Who with infinite wis- 
dom reunitest at Thy feet things scattered and 
dispersed; enlighten the kings of the earth, the 
rulers of nations; instil Thy spirit into all civil 
institutions, into every form of government, into 
Jaws and armies; grant that all the powers of the 
earth may recognize in Thee the majesty of the 
eternal God, the source from which all authority 
is derived; illuminate the nations that they may 





AN HOUR BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 337 


understand that Thou art the origin of rights 
and duties, that it is through Thee that the rulers 
of the earth rule, and that it is to Thee that rulers 
and people alike owe obedience. 


MOST sweet Jesus, Who has deigned to 

descend into this valley of tears, and to 
dwell with us, suffering and dying for the salva- 
tion of us sinners, and Who in an excess of charity 
hast set up Thy abode in the midst of men, hidden 
under the sacramental species, and Who in the 
fulness of the Godhead, corporally present in our 
tabernacles, makest Thyself the food and life of 
our souls; oh, recetve the humble but sincere and 
profound homage of our hearts, offered in repara- 
tion for the falling away of the rebellious. We 
firmly believe m Thee and all that the faith 
infused into our hearts by the Holy Spirit has 
revealed to us about Thee. We see in Thee the 
beginning and end of all existing things, we adore 
Thee as the one true God, we wish to live only 
for Thee and in Thy service. Do Thou, O Lord, 
save our brethren, reunite the scattered members 
of modern society gone astray, that we as brethren 
may together be one with Thee, as Thou art one 
with Thy Father in heaven. May Thy will be 
done by all and in everythmg. May Thy maj- 
esty shine forth on the throne of Thy earthly 
dominion, and the world confess Thee to be the 
true Son of God, through Whom all things were 
created. 


338 AN HOUR BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 


JESUS, God of love, set free from his chams 

Thy Vicar, the successor of Peter;  re- 
establish him in the exercise of that liberty which 
Thou Thyself didst give him, together with the 
supreme keys, that he might effectually carry on 
Thy work of regenerating mankind; and so 
hasten on that longed-for day, in which Thou 
wilt be glorifted by the return of society to its 
paternal home. Gather together, O King of the 
nations, the sheep and the lambs under the care 
of the one shepherd. O Lord, do not abandon us; 
we are Thy children, we love Thee; recognize us 
still as Thy children, unworthy, yet ever Thine; 
save us, and together with us, save kings, rulers: 
and nations. Amen. 


(Plenary indulgence on Corpus Christi, one day in the 
Octave, once during the Forty Hours and on any two 
Thursdays in the year, fixed by the bishop. 7 years and 
7 quarantines, on all other Thursdays; 300 days, once 
daily, privately before the Blessed Sacrament; 100 days 
for private recitation. — Leo XIII. Feb. 15, 1895.) 


A PRAYER FOR PERSEVERANCE 


(Psalm LXX) 
N Thee, O Lord, I have hoped, Jet me never 


be put to confusion. Deliver me in Thy 
Justice, and rescue me. 
Incline Thine ear unto me, and save me. 

Be Thou unto me a rock of protection, and a 
place of strength: whereunto | may always resort. 
For Thou art my firmament and my refuge. 

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the 


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sinner, and out of the hand of the transgressor 
of the aw and of the unjust. 

For Thou art my patience, O Lord God: my 
hope, from my youth. 

By Thee have I been confirmed from the womb, 
from my mother’s womb Thou art my protector. 

Of Thee shall I continually smg. I am become 
unto many as a wonder, but Thou art a strong 
helper. 

Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise, and 
with Thy honor all the day. 

Cast me not off in the time of old age; when 
my strength shall fail, do not Thou forsake me. 

For my enemies have spoken against me; and 
they that watched for my soul have consulted 
together, 

Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and 
take him, for there is none to deliver him. 

O God, be not Thou far from me: O my God, 
make haste to my help. 

Let them be confounded and come to nothing 
that detract my soul; let them be covered with 
confusion and shame that seek my hurt. 

But I will always hope; and will praise Thee 
ever more and more. 

My mouth shall show forth Thy justice; Thy 
salvation all the day long; 

For I know not how to tell it all. I will enter 
into the powers of the Lord: O Lord, I will be 
mindful of Thy justice alone. . 

Thou hast taught me, O God, trom my youth: 
and till now I have been declaring Thy wonder- 
ful works. 


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And even unto old age and gray hairs, O God, 
forsake me not, 

Until I shew forth Thy strength unto the gen- 
eration that is to come: 

Thy power, and Thy justice, O God, are also 
very high: Thou hast done great things. O God, 
who is like to Thee? 

How great troubles hast Thou shown me, many 
and grievous: and turning Thou hast brought 
me to life, and hast brought me back again from 
the depths of the earth. 

O mayest Thou increase my greatness, and turn 
again and comfort me. 

For I will also confess to Thee thy truth with 
the instruments of psaltery: O God, I will sing 
to Thee with the harp, Thou holy one of Israel. 

My lips shall greatly rejoice, when I shall sing 
to Thee; and my soul which Thou hast redeemed. 

Yea, and my tongue shall speak of Thy justice 
all the day; when they shall be confounded and 
put to shame that seek to hurt me. Our Father, 
Flail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 











The Forty Hours’ Adoration 


This devotion dates back to about the year 1534. It 
‘consists in solemn exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 
on the altar for forty hours, in memory of the forty hours 
during which the body of our Lord remained in the 

sepulchre. In 1592 Pope Clement VIII, moved by the 
troubles of the time, ordered that the devotion should be 
continuous throughout the year, from one church to 
another, in order that, by the prayers offered to the 
Blessed Sacrament, the mercy and blessing of God might 
come down upon the whole Church. 

The devotion opens with a solemn votive Mass of 
exposition, followed by a procession of the Blessed Sacra- 
ment, the Tantum Ergo and the Litany of the Saints. 
On the second day another solemn Mass is said for peace, 
except when certain feasts occur, in which case the Mass 
of the feast is celebrated. On the third day the solemn 
votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament is again said. The 
devotion is then concluded with the Litany of the Saints, 
procession, prayers, and Benediction of the Blessed 
Sacrament. 

In order to make the Forty Hours and gain the plenary 
indulgence attached, it is necessary to make at least one 
visit during the three days, and to go to confession and 
Holy Communion in any church on one of the three days, 
or on the day before. 


2 FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION 
4 


LAUDA SION 
By St. Thomas Aquinas 


(Translation by Monsignor Benson) 


AUD, O Sion, thy Salvation, 
Laud in songs of exultation 
This thy Shepherd and thy King: 
All thy might in triumph raising 
Praise Him Who surpasses praising, 
Far beyond thine honouring. 


Be our theme of high thanksgiving 
Living Bread and source of living 
Set to-day before us here: — 
Broken at that Supper blesséd, 
As by every mouth confesséd, 
For the brethren gathered there. 


Laud be lifted, sweet and sounding, 
Ringing from an heart abounding, 
Rising into jubilee! 
Laud in duteous celebration 
Of this Table’s consecration 
For such high solemnity. 


Lo, the King His Law revises; 
Newer truth from elder rises, 

Newer Law and Paschal rite. 
Ancient truths, their room surrender, 
Glows the twilight into splendour, 

Darkness vanishes in light. 


FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION 


That He wrought at supper lying 
In remembrance of His dying 
Christ hath bid His Church renew; 
We the ordinance obeying, 
Earthly bread and wine displaying, 
Consecrate the Victim due. 


Now the sacred truth receiving 

We, — the Bread His Flesh believing 
And the Wine His Blood to be, 

What tho’ eye and mind be failing, 

Nature’s order countervailing — 
Grasp by faith the mystery. 


Under diverse kinds concealéd 
While to sense yet unrevealéd 
Lies a wonder all-divine. 
Flesh and Blood hath each its token 
Yet abides there Christ unbroken 
Hidden under either sign. 


Perfect to the priest who breaks it, 

Perfect in the hand that takes it, 
Christ is undivided there. 

One or thousands may receive Him 

Yet true hearts in truth believe Him 
Unconsuméd everywhere. 


Good and bad alike partaking 

Each, by diverse lot, is making 
One to woe and one to weal, 

Each from each is set asunder: 

Mark the word of grace and wonder — 
One to hurt and one to heal. 


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344 


FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION 


Thus the Lord His Presence hiding 
Dwells m many parts abiding, — 
Every soul in Him confiding 
Doubts not that the Whole is there. 
He the One remaineth ever 
Under every part: for never 
Aught can Christ from Christ dissever, 
Still abiding everywhere. 


The Bread of angels, Io! is sent 

For weary pilgrims’ nourishment; 

The children’s Bread, not to be spent 
On worthless dogs profane; 

In types significant portrayed, 

Young Isaac on the altar laid, 

And paschal offermgs duly made, 
And manna’s fruitful rain. 


O Thou good Shepherd, Very Bread, 
Jesu, on us Thy mercy shed; 
Sweetly feed us, 
Gently lead us, 
Till of Thy Fulness us Thou give 
Safe in the land of those that live. 
Thou who can’st all, and all dost know, 
Thou who dost feed us here below, 
Grant us to share 
Thy banquet there, 
Co-heirs and partners of Thy love 
With the blest citizens above. 
Amen. 





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PRAYERS DURING A PROCESSION OF THE 
BLESSED SACRAMENT 


UR Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the 
Father, etc. Then say ten times: 
V. Let us every moment praise the most Holy 
Sacrament. 
R. May our God, present in this Sacrament, be 
now and ever praised. 
Our Father, Hail Mary, etc., ginde the proces- 
sion is In progress. 
(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius X. Aug. 11, 1906.) 


THE CROWN OR CHAPLET OF THE BLESSED 
SACRAMENT 


NCLINE unto my aid, O God. 
R. O Lord, make haste to help me. 


THE FIRST DECADE 
Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity 


ACTS OF FAITH 


BELIEVE, O my Jesus, Thy divine word, 

that under this appearance of bread Thou 
Thyself art here present as Thou art in heaven. 
Our Father, etc. 
| believe that Thou art the divine Son, eternally 
equal to the Father; that by the operation of the 
Holy Ghost Thou didst take human flesh of the 
Blessed Virgin. Our Father, etc. 

I believe that Thou art the same Jesus Who 
wast born of Mary, ever virgin, adored as an in- 
fant by Thy angels, by the shepherds, and the 
Magi. Our Fatber, ete. 


346 FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION 


I believe, O my Redeemer, here present in the 
Sacrament, that Thou art the same Jesus of 
Nazareth Who didst heal the sick, and didst 
raise the dead, Who for us didst suffer and die 
upon the cross. Our Father, etc. 

I believe, finally, that Thou Thyself, now sit- 
ting glorious at the right hand of Thy Father in 
heaven, and there interceding for me, yet art 
verily present in this Sacrament, my nourish- 
ment on earth. Our Father, etc. 


ACTS OF HOPE 


MOST loving Jesus, Who in this Sacrament 
hast left me a pledge of future glory, I hope 
through the merits of Thy death and Passion to 
behold Thee face to face in heaven. Our Father, etc. 
O Jesus, cause, of our glorious resurrection, I 
hope, through the virtue of this divine food, 
wherewith Thou nourishest me, to rise glorious 
into life eternal. Our Father, etc. 


ACTS OF LOVE 


LOVE Thee, O Jesus, Who art perfect 

charity; Who, mn Thy essence, art true God | 
and true man: in Whom are contained the treas- 
ures of the divinity, and all the fulness of grace, 
which descends to us upon this earth. Our 
Father, etc. 

I love Thee, dear Jesus, Who, for love of me, 
hast made Thyself like unto me; kindle within 
me the flame of sacred love which Thou didst 
bring from heaven, that, loving Thee, I may grow 
into Thy likeness. Our Father, etc. 











FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION 347 


I love Thee, O divine Jesus, my Lord and 
Master, because Thou hast redeemed and freed 
me, poor slave of sin, with Thy all Prectous Blood. 
O, of Thy sweet mercy, grant that I may enjoy 
the full fruit of Thy redemption. Glory be to 
the Father, etc. 


THE SECOND DECADE 
Acts of Adoration 
ADORE Thee, O living Bread, descended 


from heaven, for my spiritual food; give 
me grace worthily to receive Thee in life and m 
death. Our Father, etc. 

I adore Thee, divine food of the strong; 
strengthen my weakness, that I may ever be con- 
stant and faithful to Thy love. Our Father, etc. 

I adore Thee, O my Jesus, hidden beneath the 
sacramental veil; let my life be hidden, through 
Thee, in God. Our Father, etc. 

I adore Thee, great God, Who art the only way: 
make me ever to walk in the path of Thy precepts, 
and after Thy shining example, that so I may 
arrive at eternal salvation. Our Father, etc. 

I adore Thee, O Jesus, true and spiritual life 
of all who love Thee, give me grace to die to 
myself, and to live to Thee alone, Who didst die 
for the love of me. Our Father, etc. 

I adore Thee, my dear Redeemer, truth in- 
effable; enliven, I beseech Thee, and increase my 
faith, that it may be fruitful m good works. 
Our Father, etc. 


348 FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION 


I adore Thee, O Jesus, divine light of the world; 
illuminate my mind, that, knowing, I may love 
Thee, and may come to enjoy Thee eternally 
in heaven. Our Father, etc. 

I adore Thee, O loving Shepherd; draw to 
Thyself this wounded sheep, that it may never 
more leave Thy fold, to fall mto the hands of 
the infernal wolf. Our Father, etc. 

I adore Thee, divine Lamb, Who, for the sins 
of the world, didst give Thyself to be slain; 
grant that I may bear all my sufferings patiently 
for Thy sake, in satisfaction for my sins. Our 
Father, etc. 

I adore Thee, O Jesus, King of glory, Judge of 
the living and the dead: make me on earth so 
to fear Thy justice, that in heaven I may eternally 
sing Thy mercy. + Glory be to the Father, etc. 


THE THIRD DECADE 
Acts of Thanksgiving 
THANK Thee, O divine Redeemer, that, 


not content with having for our sakes come 
upon the earth, Thou hast instituted this adorable 
Sacrament, that therein Thou mightest remain 
with us unto the consummation of the world. 
Our Father, etc. 

I thank Thee, O glorious Jesus, that Thou dost 
veil, beneath the eucharistic species, Thy infinite 
majesty and beauty, which Thy angels delight 
to behold, that so I might have courage to ap- 
proach the throne of Thy mercy. Our Father, ete. 








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I thank Thee, O Jesus most loving, that, having 
made Thyself my food, Thou descendest upon 
this tongue, which so often has offended Thee, 
and dost enter within this body, which alas! has 
too often deserved to be visited with Thy anger. 
Our Father, etc. 

I thank Thee, my dear Saviour, that in this 
ineffable Sacrament Thou unitest me to Thee 
with so much Iove, that I therein live in Thee, 
and Thou in me. Our Fatber, etc. 

I thank Thee, O my Jesus, that, giving Thy- 
self to me mm this blessed Sacrament, Thou hast 
so enriched it with the treasures of Thy love, 
that Thou has not a greater ast to give me. 
Our Father, etc. 

I thank Thee, O my good eee that not only 
Thou art become my food, but also in this blessed 
Sacrament offerest Thyself a continual sacrifice 
for my salvation to Thy eternal Father. Our 
_ Father, etc. 

I thank Thee, divine Priest, for this great boon 
that Thou dost sacrifice Thyself daily upon our 
altars, in adoration and homage to the most 
Blessed Trinity, and dost supply for our poor and 
miserable adorations. Our Father, etc. 
[thank Thee, O my Saviour, because, renew- 
ing in this daily sacrifice the very sacrifice of the 
cross offered on Calvary, Thou dost satisfy 
divine justice for us miserable sinners. Our 
_ Father, etc. 
I thank Thee, dear Jesus, that Thou hast be- 
come the priceless Victim, to merit for me the 
fulness of celestial favors. Awaken in me such 


340 FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION 


trust that their abundance may ever more and 
more descend upon my soul. Our Father, etc. 

I thank Thee, my loving Saviour, that Thou 
art immolated in thanksgiving to God for all His 
benefits, spiritual and temporal, which He has 
bestowed upon me, and which I yet hope to 
receive. Glory be to the Father, etc. 


Three Final Aspirations 


ESUS, invisible and divine Head of Thy 
spouse the Church, Who, with Thy blood, 
has purified her from all stain, have mercy upon 
her visible head, N., upon all Bishops and pastors, 
(especially N. our own Bishop) and shed upon 
them Thy Holy Spirit, wherewith Thy Apostles 
and disciples were filled, that they may maintain 
Thy holy faith pure and untouched, and may 
spread over the whole world the light of Thy 
Gospel, and of Thy Catholic truth. Our Father, etc. 
O Jesus, King of kings, Lord of governors, by 
Whom monarchs do reign, and from Whom all 
earthly power comes, mercifully behold our 
princes, and those in authority: infuse nto them 
the spirit of Thy divine wisdom, clemency, and 
justice, so that they may be great with Thee 
rather than on earth, and may enter with Thee 
into Thy heavenly kingdom. Our Father, etc. 

O Jesus, all merciful, Who didst not will the 
death of a sinner, but that he should be con- 
verted, and rise to a spiritual life; triumph, I 
beseech Thee, over all those who obstinately 
offend Thee, so that, acquiring Thy grace in this 
world, they may become worthy of the glory 





FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION 351 


of Thy heavenly paradise for all eternity. Our 
Father, etc. 


PRAYER FOR PEACE 


NT. Peace I leave to you: My peace I 
give unto you, saith the Lord. 
V. Give peace, O Lord. 
R. To them that patiently wait for Thee. 


Let us Pray 
GOD, from Whom are holy desires, right 
counsels, and just works, give unto Thy 
servants that peace which the world cannot 
give; that our hearts being given to the keeping 
of Thy commandments, and the fear of enemies 
being removed, our days, by Thy protection, may 
be peaceful, Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR OUR CITY 
OOK down, holy Father and Lord, from Thy 


sanctuary, and from heaven, Thy dwelling- 
place on high, and behold this sacred Victim which 
our great high-priest, Thy holy Child, our Lord 
Jesus, offers up to Thee for the sins of His breth- 
ren; and be appeased for the multitude of our 
transgressions. Behold, the voice of the Blood 
of Jesus, our Brother, cries to Thee from the 
cross. Give ear,O Lord! Be appeased, O Lord! 
Hearken, and do not tarry, for Thine own sake, 
O my God, for Thy Name is invoked upon this 
city and upon Thy people; and deal with us 
according to Thy mercy. Amen. 


352 FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION 


Y. That Thou vouchsafe to defend, pacify, 
keep, preserve, and bless this city. 


R. We beseech Thee to hear us. 
(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. — Prus IX. Feb. 4, 1877.) 


PRAYER OF INTERCESSION 

mest Sacred Heart of Jesus, shower copiously 
Thy blessings on Thy holy Church, on the 
Supreme Pontiff, and on all the clergy; grant per- 
severance to the just, convert sinners, enlighten 
infidels, bless our parents, friends, and benefactors; 
assist the dying, liberate the souls in purgatory, 

and extend over all hearts the sweet empire of 
Thy love. | 
(Ind. of 300 days. — Prus X. June 16, 1906.) 


PRAYER FOR ONE’S SELF 
EAR Jesus, present in the Sacrament of the - 
altar, be forever thanked and praised. Love, 
worthy of all celestial and terrestrial love! Who, 
out of infinite love for me, ungrateful sinner, 
didst assume our human nature, didst shed Thy 
most Precious Blood in the cruel scourging, and 
didst expire on a shameful cross for our eternal 
welfare! Now, illumined with lively faith, with 
the outpouring of my whole soul and the fervor 
of my heart, I humbly beseech Thee, through the 
infinite merits of Thy painful sufferings, give me 
strength and courage to destroy every evil pas- 
sion which sways my heart, to bless Thee in my 
greatest afflictions, to. glorify Thee by the exact 
fulfilment of all my duties, supremely to hate all 
sin, and thus to become a saint. 
(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. — Pius IX. Jan. 1, 1866.) 








DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED INFANCY 353 


Devotions to the Mysteries of the Sacred 
Infancy 


NCLINE unto our aid, O God. 
R. O Lord, make haste to help us. 

V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost. 

R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 

shall be, one God, world without end. Amen. 
Our Father, etc. 
- 1. Jesus, sweetest Child, Who coming down 
from the bosom of the Father for our salvation, 
didst not disdain the womb of the Virgin, where, 
conceived by the Holy Ghost, Thou, the Word 
Incarnate, didst take upon Thee the form of a 
servant, have mercy on us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 

2. Jesus, sweetest Child, Who in Thy Virgin 
Mother’s womb didst visit St. Elizabeth and fill 
Thy precursor, John the Baptist, with the Holy 
Ghost, sanctifying him from his mother’s womb, 
have mercy on us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 

3. Jesus, sweetest Child, Who, for nine months 
hidden in Thy Mother’s womb, and awaited 
with eager expectation by the Virgin Mary and 
by St. Joseph, wast by them offered to God the 
Father for the salvation of the world, have mercy 
on us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 


354 DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED INFANCY 


4. Jesus, sweetest Child, born in Bethlehem of 
the Virgin Mary, wrapped in swaddling-clothes, 
Jaid in the manger, heralded by angels, visited 
by shepherds, have mercy on us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 


O Jesus, born of Virgin bright! 
Immortal glory be to Thee, 

Praise to the Father infinite, 
And Holy Ghost, eternally. 


V. Christ is at hand. 
R. Come, let us adore Him. 
Our Father, etc. 


5. Jesus, sweetest Child, wounded in the cir- 
cumcision on the eighth day, called by the 
glorious Name of Jesus, and by Thy Name and 
by Thy Blood, to be the Saviour of the world, 
have mercy on us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary etc. 

6. Jesus, sweetest Child, Who wast mani- 
fested to the three kings, who worshipped Thee 
as Thou didst lie on Mary’s breast, and offered 
to Thee the mysterious presents of gold, frank- 
incense and myrrh, have mercy on us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 

7. Jesus, sweetest Child, presented in the 
Temple by the Virgin Mary, embraced by the 
holy old man Simeon, and revealed to the Jews 
by Anna the prophetess, have mercy on us. 





DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED INFANCY 355 


Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 

8. Jesus, sweetest Child, Whom Herod sought 
to slay, carried by St. Joseph with Thy Mother 
into Egypt, saved from death by flight, and 
glorified by the blood of the holy mnocents, have 
mercy on us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 


O Jesus, born of Virgin bright! 
Immortal glory be to Thee; 

Praise to the Father infinite, 
And Holy Ghost, eternally. 


V. Christ ts at hand. 
R. Come, let us adore Him. 
Our Father, etc. 


9. Jesus, sweetest Child Who, with Mary most 
holy and the patriarch St. Joseph, didst dwell in 
Egypt until the death of Herod, have mercy on 
us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 

10. Jesus, sweetest Child, Who didst return 
with Thy parents from Egypt into the land of 
Israel, Who didst suffer many toils by the way, 
and enter the city of Nazareth, have mercy on us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 

11. Jesus, sweetest Child, Who didst live most 
holily in the blessed house of Nazareth, subject 
to Thy parents, spending Thy life in poverty and 


356 DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED INFANCY 


toil, and growing in wisdom, in age, and im grace, 
have mercy on us. 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 

12. Jesus, sweetest Child, brought to Jerusalem 
when twelve years old, sought by Thy parents 
with much sorrow, and after three days found, to | 
their great joy, among the doctors, have mercy | 
on us. | 

Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on 
us. Hail Mary, etc. 





O Jesus, born of Virgin bright! 
Immortal glory be to Thee; 

Praise to the Father infinite, 
And Holy Ghost, eternally. 


P. The Word was made flesh. Alleluia. 
S. And dwelt among us. Alleluia. 


Let us Pray 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, Lord of 
heaven and earth, Who didst reveal Thy- 
self to little ones, grant us, we beseech Thee, 
reverently to honor the holy mysteries of Thy 
Son, the Child Jesus, and to follow Him humbly 
in our lives, so that we may come to the eternal 
kingdom promised by Thee to little ones. 
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 
(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius VII. Nov. 23, 1819.) 





DEVOTIONS TO THE HOLY NAME 357 


Devotions to the Holy Mame 


Devotion to the Holy Name is based on the command. 
ment of Christ, that we should pray in His Name, and also 
on the second precept of the Decalogue which obliges us 
to honor the Name of God. The purposes, therefore, of 
this devotion are to beget honor and respect for God’s 
Name, and to prevent and make reparation for improper 
language. 


LITANY OF THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS 


RD, have mercy on us. 

Christ, have mercy on us. 
Lord, have mercy on us. 
Jesus, hear us. 
Jesus, graciously hear us. 
God, the Father of heaven, 
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, 
God, the Holy Ghost, 
Holy Trinity, one God, 
Jesus, Son of the living God, 
Jesus, splendor of the Father, 
Jesus, brightness of eternal Light, 
Jesus, king of glory, 
Jesus, sun of justice, 
Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary, 
Jesus, most amiable, 
Jesus, most admirable, 
Jesus, the mighty God, 
Jesus, father of the world to come, 
Jesus, angel of the great council, 
Jesus, most powerful, 
Jesus, most patient, 
Jesus, most obedient, 


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358 DEVOTIONS TO THE HOLY NAME 


Jesus, meek and humble of heart, 
Jesus, lover of chastity, 
Jesus, lover of us, 

Jesus, God of peace, 

Jesus, author of life, 

Jesus, example of virtues, 
Jesus, zealous lover of souls, 
Jesus, our God, 

Jesus, our refuge, 

Jesus, father of the poor, 
Jesus, treasure of the faithful, 
Jesus, good shepherd, 

Jesus, true light, 

Jesus, eternal wisdom, 

Jesus, infinite goodness, 
Jesus, our way and our life, 
Jesus, joy of angels, 

Jesus, king of the Patriarchs, 
Jesus, master of Apostles, 
Jesus, teacher of Evangelists, 
Jesus, strength of Martyrs, 
Jesus, light of Confessors, 
Jesus, purity of Virgins, 
Jesus, crown of all Saints, 

Be merciful, spare us, O Jesus. 
Be merciful, hear us, O Jesus. 
From all evil, 

From all sin, 

From Thy wrath, 

From the snares of the devil, 
From the spirit of fornication, 
From everlasting death, 

From the neglect of Thine inspirations, 


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DEVOTIONS TO THE HOLY NAME 3459 


Through the mystery of Thy holy Incarna- 
tion, 
Through ‘hy nativity, 
Through Thine infancy, 
Through Thy most divine life, 
Through Thy labors, 
Through Thine agony and passion, 
Through Thy cross and dereliction, 
Through Thy sufferings, 
Through Thy death and burial, 
Through Thy resurrection, 
Through Thy ascension, 
Through the institution of Thy most holy 
Eucharist, 
Through Thy joys, 
Through Thy glory, 


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Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, Jesus, spare us. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, Jesus, graciously hear us. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, Jesus, have mercy on us. 

Jesus, hear us. Jesus, graciously hear us. 


Let us Pray 
LORD Jesus Christ, Who hast said: ‘‘Ask, 


and ye shall receive; seek, and ye shall 
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”; 
grant, we beseech Thee, unto us who ask the 
gift of Thy most divine love, that we may ever 
love Thee with our whole hearts, words and works, 
and never cease from Thy praise. 


360 DEVOTIONS TO THE HOLY NAME 


Make us, O Lord, to have a perpetual fear as 
well as love of Thy holy Name, for Thou never 
ceasest to govern those whom Thou foundest 
upon the solidity of Thy love. Who livest and 
reignest forever and ever. Amen. 

(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—LeEo XIII. Jan. 16, 1886.) 


AN ACT OF REPARATION FOR BLASPHEMIES 
UTTERED AGAINST THE HOLY NAME 


JESUS, Son of the living God, our Saviour 

and Redeemer, behold us prostrate at Thy 
feet. We beg pardon, and make this act of repa- 
ration for all the blasphemies uttered against Thy 
holy Name, for all the outrages committed against 
Thee in the most holy Sacrament of the altar, 
for all irreverence:shown to Thy most blessed and 
immaculate Mother, and for all the calumnies 


spoken against Thy Spouse, our holy mother, the | 


Catholic Church. O Jesus, who didst say: 


“Whatever you shall ask the Father in My | 


Name, that He will do,” we pray and beseech Thee 
for our brethren who are living in danger of sin, 


that Thou wouldst preserve them from the se-_ 
ductions of apostasy. Save them who stand over 
the abyss; give them light and knowledge of the © 
truth, power and strength in the conflict agamst — 


evil, and perseverance in faith and active charity. 
And therefore, most merciful Jesus, do we pray 
to the Father in Thy Name, with Whom Thou 
livest and reignest in the unity of the Holy Spirit 
forever and ever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—Lxo XIII. May 13, 1903.) 





DEVOTIONS TO THE HOLY NAME 361 


INVOCATIONS 


Jesus and Mary. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Pius X. Oct. 10, 1904.) 
Saviour of the world, have mercy on us. 
(Ind. of 50 days, once a day. —Lro XIII. Feb. 21, 
1891.) , 
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LORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
| to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the be- 
ginning, is now and ever shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 
May the holy Name of Jesus be infinitely 
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DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED 
HEART OF JESUS 


The honor and worship now given to the Sacred Heart 
of Jesus had its origin through the revelations made to 
St. Margaret Mary in the seventeenth century. The 
immediate object of the devotion is the Heart of Jesus, 
the Son of God, and the burning Jove of Christ manifested 
toward mankind. Its aim is to make our Lord king over 
our hearts by exciting in them a return of love, by form- 
ing them to imitate His meekness, and by offering Him 
reparation for the ingratitude of man. 


LITANY OF THE SACRED HEART 


ORD, have mercy on us. 
Christ, have mercy on us. 

Lord, have mercy on us. 
Christ, hear us. 
Christ, graciously hear us. 
God, the Father of Heaven, 
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, 
God, the Holy Ghost, 
Holy Trinity, one God, 
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, 
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Ghost 

in the womb of the Virgin Mother. 


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364 DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART 


Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the 
Word of God, 

Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty, 

Heart of Jesus, sacred temple of God, 

Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High, 

Heart of Jesus, ease of God and gate of 
heaven, 

Heart of Jesus, Hepnd furnace of charity, 

Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love, 

Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love, 

Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues, 

Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise, 

Heart of Jesus, king and centre of all hearts, 

Heart of Jesus, in Whom are all the treasures 
of wisdom and knowledge, 

Heart of Jesus, in Whom dwells the fullness 
of divinity, 

Heart of Jesus, in Whom the Father was well 
pleased, 

Heart of Jesus, of Whose fullness we have 
all received, 

Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills, 

Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful, 

Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke 
Thee, 

Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness, 

Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins, 

Heart of Jesus, loaded down with oppro- 
brium, 

Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses, 

Heart of Jesus, obedient unto death, 

Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance, 

Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation, 


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DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART 365 


Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection, 

Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation, 

Heart of Jesus, victim for sin, wee! 

Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who trust 
in Thee, 

Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in 
Thee, 

Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints, 


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Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, spare us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, graciously hear us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, have mercy on us. 
V. Jesus, meek and humble of Heart. 
R. Make our hearts like unto Thine. 


Let us Pray 


ALMIGHTY and eternal God, look upon 
| the Heart of Thy dearly beloved Son, and 
‘upon the praise and satisfaction He offers Thee 
in the name of sinners and for those who seek 
‘Thy mercy; be Thou appeased, and grant us 
pardon in the name of the same Jesus Christ, 
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, 
in the unity of the Holy Ghost forever and ever. 
Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—LeEo XIII. April 2, 1899.) 


366 DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART 


ACT OF CONSECRATION 


OST sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human 

race, look down upon us humbly prostrate 
before Thy altar. We are Thine, and Thme we 
wish to be; but to be more surely united with 
Thee, behold, each one of us freely consecrates 
himself today to Thy most Sacred Heart. Many 
indeed have never known Thee; many too, 
despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. 
Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, 
and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart. Be Thou 
King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have 
never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal 
children who have abandoned Thee. Grant that 
they may quickly return to their Father’s house, 
lest they die of wretchedness and hunger. Be 
Thou King of those who are deceived by erron- 
eous opinions or whom discord keeps aloof, and 
call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of 
faith, so that soon there may be but one flock 
and one Shepherd. Be Thou King of all those 
who are still involved in the darkness of idolatry 
or of Islamism, and refuse not to draw them all 
into the light and Kingdom of God. Turn Thine 
eyes of mercy toward the children of that race, 
once Thy chosen people. Of old they called down 
upon themselves the Blood of the Saviour; may 
It now descend upon them a Javer of redemption 
and of life. Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church as- 
surance of freedom and immunity from harm; 
give peace and order to all nations, and make the 
earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: 















DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART 367 


raise to the Divine Heart that wrought our sal- 
‘ation; to It be glory and honor forever. Amen. 


CONSECRATION OF THE FAMILY 


ACRED Heart of Jesus, Who didst manifest 

to St. Margaret Mary the desire of reigning 
n Christian families, we today wish to proclarm 
hy most complete regal dominion over our own. 
e would live in future with Thy life, we would 
tause to flourish in our midst those virtues to 
vhich Thou hast promised peace here below, we 
vould banish far from us the spirit of the world 
hich Thou hast cursed; and Thou shalt reign 
yver our hearts by the whole-hearted love which 
we shall keep alive for Thee by the frequent 
-eception of Thy divine Eucharist. 

O divine Heart, deign to preside over our as- 
semblings, to bless our enterprises, both spiritual 
and temporal, to dispel our cares, to sanctify our 
joys, and to alleviate our sufferings. If ever one 
or the other of us should have the misfortune to 
afflict Thee, remind him, O Heart of Jesus, that 
Thou art good and merciful to the penitent sinner. 
And when the hour of separation strikes, when 
death shall come to cast mourning into our midst, 
we will all, both those who go and those who stay, 
be submissive to Thy eternal decrees. We will 
console ourselves with the thought that a day 
will come when the entire family, reunited in 
heaven, can sing forever Thy glories and Thy 
mercies. 

May the immaculate heart of Mary and the 


368 DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART 


glorious Patriarch St. Joseph, present this con- 
secration to Thee, and keep it in our minds all 
the days of our life. All glory to the Heart of 
Jesus, our King and our Father. 


(Plenary indulgence on the day of the consecration and 
every year on the day of renewal. Conditions: Confession; 
Communion, etc. — Pius X. June 15, 1908.) 


INDULGENCED EJACULATIONS 


May the Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere. 
(Ind. of 100 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. Sept. 7, 1897.) 


Jesus, meek and humble of Heart, make my 
heart like unto Thine. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time.—Pius X. Sept. 15, 1905.) 


May the Heart of Jesus in the most Blessed 
Sacrament be praised, adored, and loved with 
grateful affection, at every moment, in all the 
tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time. 
Amen. 

(Ind. of 100 days, once a day.—Pius IX. Feb. 29, 1868.) 


Sweet Heart of my Jesus, make me love Thee 


ever more and more! 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time.—Pius IX. Nov, 26, 1876.) 


Sweet Heart of Jesus be my love. 

(Ind.of 300 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. May 21, 1892.) 

Heart of Jesus, burning with love of us, inflame 
our heart with love of Thee. 

(Ind.of 100 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. July 16, 1893.) 


DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART 369 






_ All praise, honor and glory to the Divine Heart 
of Jesus. 
(Ind. of 50 days, once a day.—Lro XIII. June 14, 1901.) 


Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time.—Pius X. June 27, 1906.) 


Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prus X. Dec. 26, 1907.) 


Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, model of the priestly 
eart, have mercy on us. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Pius X. heen. II, 1907.) 


Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy kmgdom come! 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prus X. May 4, 1906.) 


Divine Heart of Jesus, convert sinners, save 
he dying, free the holy souls in Purgatory. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Pius X. Nov. 6, 1906.) 


Heart of Love, I place all my trust in Thee: 
for though I fear all things from my weakness, 
I hope all things from Thy mercies. 

(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prus X. June 3, 1908.) 


AIl for Thee, most Sacred Heart of Jesus. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prus X. Nov. 26, 1908.) 


Praised be the most Sacred Heart of Jesus in 
the most holy Sacrament. 
(Ind. of 100 days, each time. — Prus X. July 11, 1914.) 


Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, increase in us our 
faith, hope and charity. 

(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — BENEDICT XV. April 5, 
1917.) 


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THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 


This holy devotion commemorates the various incidents 
that occurred during our Lord’s painful journey with His 
cross from the tribunal of Pilate to the hill of Calvary. 

It is tradition that the Blessed Virgin daily made a 

visit to the scenes of Christ’s Passion, and from the 
earliest times Christians flocked to Jerusalem to visit those 
holy places. For those who were unable to make such a 
pilgrimage, but who wished in spirit to accompany it, the 
custom arose throughout Europe of setting up representa- 
tions of the different incidents of the Passion, which, since 
1731, have been definitely restricted to our present four- 
teen stations. 
_ Those who perform devoutly the Stations of the Cross 
may gain all the Indulgences which have ever been granted 
by Popes to the faithful who visit in person the sacred 
places in Jerusalem. All that is required is to meditate, 
however briefly and according to one’s ability, on the 
Passion of our Lord, and to go from one station to another. 
No vocal prayers are necessary, but the following formula 
of prayers is generally recommended: 





372 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 





THE WAY OF THE CROSS 
Adapted from St. Alphonsus Liguort 


Before visiting the Stations, let each one kneel before the 
bigh altar and make an act of contrition and form tbe 
intention of gaining the indulgences, whether for himself 
or for the souls in purgatory. 


ACT OF CONTRITION 
Y Lord Jesus Christ, Thou hast made this 


journey to die for me with love unutterable, 
and I have so many times unworthily abandoned 
Thee; but now I Jove Thee with my whole heart, 
and because I Jove Thee I repent sincerely for 
ever having offended Thee. Pardon me, my God, 
and permit me to accompany Thee on this jour- 
ney. ‘Thou dost go to die for love of me; I wish 
also, my beloved Redeemer, to die for love of 
Thee. My Jesus, I will live and die always 
united to Thee. 


ABAT Mater do- T the cross her sta- 
Jorosa tion keeping, 
Juxta crucem lacry- | Stood the mournful 

mosa, Mother weeping, 


Dum pendebat Filius | Close to Jesus to the 
last. 


THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 373 


FIRST STATION 
Jesus 1s Condemned to Death 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER, my soul, how Jesus, after having 

been scourged and crowned with thorns, 

was unjustly condemned by Pilate to die on the 
cross. 

My adorable Jesus, It was not Pilate, no, it 
was my sins that condemned Thee to die. I 
beseech Thee, by the merits of this sorrowful 
journey, to assist my soul in its journey toward 
eternity. I love Thee, my beloved Jesus; I love 
Thee more than myself; I repent with my whole 
heart of having offended Thee. Never permit 
me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant 
that I may love Thee always; and then do with 
me what Thou wilt. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


Cujus animam gemen- | Through her heart, His 


tem, sorrow sharing, 
Contristatam, et do-| All His bitter anguish 
Jentem, bearing, 


Pertransivit gladius. | Now at length © the 
sword had passed. 


374 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS: 


SECOND STATION 
Jesus is Made to Bear His Cross 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless) 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER how Jesus, in making this journey 

with the cross on His shoulders, thought of 

us, and offered for us, to His Father, the death 
that He was about to undergo. 

My most beloved Jesus, I embrace all the trib- 
ulations that Thou hast destined for me until 
death. I beseech Thee, by the merits of the pain 
Thou didst suffer in carrying Thy cross, to give 
me the necessary help to carry mine with perfect 
patience and resignation. I love Thee, Jesus, 
my love, I repent of having offended Thee. Never 
permit me to separate myself from Thee again. 
Grant that I may love Thee always, and then 
do with me what Thou wilt. 

Our Father, etc. 


O quam tristis et afflicta | Oh, how sad and sore 


distressed, 
Fuit illa benedicta Was that Mother highly 
blessed 
Mater Unigeniti. Of the  sole-begotten 


One! 


THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 375 


THIRD STATION 
Jesus Falls the First Time under His Cross 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 
_ R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER, my soul, this first fall of Jesus 
| under His cross. His flesh was torn by the 
scourges, His head crowned with thorns, and He 
had lost a great quantity of blood. He was so 
weakened that He could scarcely walk, and yet 
He had to carry this great load upon His shoul- 
ders. The soldiers struck Him rudely, and thus 
He fell several times in His journey. 
: My beloved Jesus, it is not the weight of the 
cross, but of my sins, which has made Thee suffer 
somuch pain. Ah, by the merits of this first fall, 
deliver me from the misfortune of falling into 
mortal sin. I love Thee, O my Jesus, with my 
whole heart; I repent of having offended Thee. 
Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant 
that I may love Thee always; and then do with 
‘me what Thou wilt. 
Our Father, etc. 





Que meerebat, et dole- | Christ above in torment 





bat, hangs, 
Pia Mater, dum vide- | She beneath beholds 
| bat the pangs 


Nati poenas inclyti. Of her dying, glorious 
Son. 


376 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 


FOURTH STATION 
Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER the meeting of the Son and the 
Mother, which took place on this journey. 
Jesus and Mary looked at each other, and their 
looks became as so many arrows to wound those 
hearts which loved each other so tenderly. 

My most loving Jesus, by the sorrow Thou 
didst experience in this meeting, grant me the 
grace of a truly devoted love for Thy most holy 
Mother. And thou, my Queen, who wast over- 
whelmed with sorrow, obtain for me by thy 
Intercession a continual and tender remembrance 
of the Passion of thy Son. I love Thee, Jesus, 
my love; I repent of ever having offended Thee. 
Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant 
that I may love Thee always, and then do with 
me what Thou wilt. 

Our Father, etc. 


Is there one who would 





Quis est homo qui non 
fleret, not weep 

Matrem Christi st vi- | Whelmed in miseries so 
deret deep 


Christ’s dear Mother to 
behold? 


In tanto supplicio? 








THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 377 


FIFTH STATION 
The Cyrenian Helps Jesus to Carry His Cross 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast: re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER that the Jews seeing that at each 
step Jesus, from weakness, was on the point 
of expiring, and fearing that He would die on 
the way when they wished Him to die the igno- 
‘minious death of the cross, constrained Simon 
the Cyrenian to carry the cross behind Our Lord. 
My most sweet Jesus, I will not refuse the cross 
as the Cyrenian did; I accept it, I embrace it. 
I accept in particular the death that Thou hast 
destined for me with all the pains which may ac- 
company it; I unite it to Thy death, I offer it 
to Thee. Thou hast died for Jove of me, I will 
die for Jove of Thee, and to please Thee. Help 
me by Thy grace. I love Thee, Jesus, my love; 
I repent of having offended Thee. Never per- 
mit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may 
love Thee always, and then do with me what 
Thou wilt. Our Father, etc. 


Quis non posset con- | Can the human heart 


tristari, refrain 
Christi Matrem con- | From partaking in her 
templari pain, 


Dolentem cum Filio? | In that Mother’s pain 
untold? 


378 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 


SIXTH STATION 
Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER that the holy woman named 

Veronica, seeing Jesus so afflicted, and His 
face bathed in sweat and blood, presented Him 
with a towel with which He wiped His adorable 
face, leaving on it the impression of His holy 
countenance. 

My most beloved Jesus, Thy face was beautiful 
before, but in this journey it has lost all its beauty, 
and wounds and blood have disfigured it. Alas! 
my soul also was once beautiful, when it received 
Thy grace in baptism; but I have disfigured it 
since by my sins. Thou alone, my Redeemer, 
canst restore it to its former beauty. Do this 
by Thy Passion, and then do with me what Thou 
wilt. 

Our Father, etc. 


Pro peccatis sue gentis | Bruised, derided, 
cursed, defiled, 
Vidit Jesum in tormen- | She beheld her tender 
tis, Child, 
Et flagellis subditum. | AII with bloody scourges 
| TEN: 


THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 379 


SEVENTH STATION 
Jesus Falls the Second Time 


| 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

_ R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER the second fall of Jesus under the 

cross — a fall which renews the pain of all 
the wounds of the head and members of our 
afflicted Lord. 

My most gentle Jesus, how many times Thou 
hast pardoned me and how many times have I 
fallen again, and begun again to offend Thee! 
Oh, by the merits of this new fall, give me the 
necessary helps to persevere in Thy grace until 
‘death. Grant that im all temptations which 
assail me I may always commend myself to Thee. 
I love Thee, Jesus, my love, with my whole 
heart; I repent of having offended Thee. Never 
permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I 
may love Thee always; and then do with me 
what Thou wilt. 

Our Father, etc. 


‘Vidit suum  dulcem | For the sins of His own 


Natum nation 
Moriendo desolatum Saw Him hang in deso- 
lation 


Dum emisit spiritum. | Till His spirit forth He 
sent. 





380 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 


EIGHTH STATION 
Jesus Speaks to the Daughters of Jerusalem 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER that those women wept with 

compassion at seeing Jesus in so pitiable 
a state, streaming with blood, as He walked 
along. But Jesus said to them, ‘Weep not for 
Me but for your children.” 

My Jesus, laden with sorrows, I weep for the 
offenses that I have committed against Thee, 
because of the pains which they have deserved, 
and still more because of the displeasure which 
they have caused Thee, Who hast loved me so 
much. It is Thy love, more than the fear of hell, 
which causes me to weep for my sins. My Jesus, 
I love Thee more than myself; I repent of having 
offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee 
again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and 
then do with me what Thou wilt. 

Our Father, etc. 


Eia Mater, fons amoris, | O Thou Mother! fount 
of love, 
Me sentire vim doloris | Touch my spirit from 
above. 
Fac, ut tecum lu- | Make my heart with 
geam. thine accord. 


THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 381 


NINTH STATION 
Jesus Falls the Third Time 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER the third fall of Jesus Christ. 
His weakness was extreme, and the cruelty 
of His executioners excessive, who tried to hasten 
His steps when He had scarcely strength to move. 
Ah, my outraged Jesus, by the merits of the 
weakness Thou didst suffer in going to Calvary, 
give me strength sufficient to conquer ali human 
respect and all my wicked passions, which have 
Ied me to despise Thy friendship. I love Thee, 
Jesus, my love, with my whole heart; I repent 
of having offended Thee. Never permit me to 
offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee 
always; and then do with me what Thou wilt. 
Our Father, etc. 


Fac ut ardeat cormeum | Make me feel as thou 


hast felt: 
In amando Christum | Make my soul to glow 
Deum, and melt 


Ut sibi complaceam. | With the love of Christ, 
my Lord. 


382 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 


TENTH STATION 
Jesus is Stripped of His Garments 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou has re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER the violence with which the execu- 
tioners stripped Jesus. His inner garments 
adhered to His torn flesh and they dragged them 
off so roughly that the skin came with them. 
Compassionate your Saviour thus cruelly treated, 
and say to Him: 

My innocent Jesus, by the merits of the torment 
that Thou hast felt, help me to strip myself of 
all affection to things of earth, in order that I 
may place all my Jove in Thee, Who art so worthy 
of my love. I love Thee, O Jesus, with my whole 
heart; I repent of having offended Thee. Never 
permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I 
may love Thee always; and then do with me 
what Thou wilt. 

Our Fatber, etc. 


Sancta Mater, istud | Holy Mother! pierce 


agas, me through. 
Crucifixi fige plagas In my heart each wound 
renew 


Cordi meo valide. Of my Saviour crucified. 


THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 383 


ELEVENTH STATION 
Jesus is Nailed to the Cross | 
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 


R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 





) ONSIDER that Jesus, after being thrown on 

the cross, extended His hands, and offered 

to His eternal Father the sacrifice of His life for 

our salvation. ‘These barbarians fasten Him with 

nails; and then, raising the cross, leave Him to 
die with anguish on this infamous gibbet. 

My Jesus, loaded with contempt, nail my 
heart to Thy feet, that it may ever remain there 
to love Thee, and never quit Thee again. I Jove 
Thee more than myself; I repent of having 
offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee 
again. Grant that I may love Thee always; 
and then do with me what Thou wilt. 

Our Father, etc. 


Tui Nati vulnerati, Let me share with thee 
His pain, 
Tam dignati pro me| Who for all our sins was 
pati, slain, 


Poenas mecum divide. | Who for me in torments 
died 
H ‘ 


384 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 


TWELFTH STATION 
Jesus Dies on the Cross 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER that thy Jesus, after three hours’ 

agony on the cross, consumed at length 

with anguish, abandons Himself to the weight 
of His body, bows His head, and dies. 

O my dying Jesus, I kiss devoutly the cross 
on which Thou didst die for love of me. I have 
merited by my sims to die a miserable death; 
but Thy death is my hope. Ah, by the merits of 
Thy death, give me grace to die, embracing Thy 
feet and burning with love of Thee. I commit 
my soul into Thy hands. I love Thee with my 
whole heart; I repent of ever having offended 
Thee. Permit not that I ever offend Thee again. 
Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do 
with me what Thou wilt. 

Our Father, etc. 


Fac me tecum pie flere, | Let me mingle tears 


with thee, 
Crucifixo condolere, Mourning Him Who 
mourned for me, 
Donec ego vixero. All the days that I may 


live. 


THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 385 


THIRTEENTH STATION 
Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER that, our Lord having expired, 
two of His disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, 
took Him down from the cross, and placed Him 
in the arms of His afflicted Mother, who received 
Him with unutterable tenderness, and pressed 
Him to her bosom. 

O Mother of Sorrow, for the love of this Son, 
accept me for thy servant and pray to Him for 
me. And Thou, my Redeemer, since Thou hast 
died for me, permit me to love Thee; for I wish 
but Thee, and nothing more. I love Thee, my 
Jesus, and I repent of ever having offended Thee. 
Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant 
that I may love Thee always; and then do_with 
me what Thou wilt. 

Our Father, etc. 





Juxta Crucem tecum | By the cross with thee 
stare, to stay, 
Et me tibi sociare There with thee to 
weep and pray, 
In planctu desidero. | Is all I ask of thee to 
give. 


386 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 


FOURTEENTH STATION 
Jesus 1s Placed in the Sepulchre 


V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast re- 
deemed the world. 


ONSIDER that the disciples carried the body 

of Jesus to bury it, accompanied by His 

holy Mother, who arranged it in the sepulchre 

with her own hands. They then closed the tomb 
and all withdrew. 

Ah, my buried Jesus, I kiss the stone that en- 
closes Thee. But Thou didst rise again the third 
day. I beseech Thee, by Thy resurrection, make 
me rise glorious with Thee at the last day, to be 
always united with Thee in heaven, to praise 
Thee and love Thee forever. I love Thee, and I 
repent of ever having offended Thee. Permit not 
that I ever offend Thee again. Grant that I may 
love Thee; and then do with me what Thou wilt. 

Our Father, etc. 


Virgo virginum pre-| Virgin of all virgins 


clara, best! 
Mihi jam _ non_ sis | Listen to my fond re- 
amara; quest: 
Fac me tecum plan- | Let me share thy grief 
gere. divine. 


After this, return to the bigh altar, and say, Our Fatber, 
Hail Mary, and Glory be to the Father, etc., five times 
in bonor of the Passion of Jesus Christ, to gain tbe 
otber indulgences granted to those who recite them. 


DEVOTIONS TO THE HOLY FACE 387 


THE HOLY FACE 


The purpose of this devotion is (1) to show homage to 
the adorable face of Jesus, disfigured in His Passion; 
(2) to make reparation for the disrespect shown Him 
through the desecration of Sunday; (3) to obtain the 
conversion of those who profane the Lord’s day. 

Devotion to the Holy Face originated through our 
Lord Himself, Who, on the way to Calvary, imprinted 
the outline of His blood-stained countenance on Veronica’s 
veil. 


ACT OF REPARATION TO THE HOLY FACE 


ADORE and praise Thee, O my divine Jesus, 

Son of the living God, and I desire to make 
satisfaction for all the outrages which I, the most 
miserable of Thy creatures, have offered Thee in 
all the members of Thy blessed body, and par- 
ticularly in Thy adorable face. Hail, worship- 
ful face, disfigured by spittle, and hardly to be 
recognized through the cruel treatment which 
Thou didst receive from the impious Jews. I 
salute Thee, O blessed eyes, all bathed in tears, 
which Thou didst shed for our salvation. I salute 
Thee, O blessed ears, assailed by blasphemies, 
insults, and cruel mockeries. I salute Thee, O 
blessed mouth, filled with graces and tenderness 
for poor sinners, but embittered with vinegar and 
gall by the monstrous ingratitude of that people 
whom Thou didst choose from among all others. 
In reparation for all these ignominies | offer Thee 
all the homage which is given Thee in that holy 
place where Thou art pleased to be honored with 
a special worship, uniting myself therewith. 


388 DEVOTIONS TO THE HOLY FACE 


FROM THE PRAYER COMPOSED BY 
SGUR THERESE 


JESUS, Who in Thy cruel Passion didst 
become the “Reproach of men and the Man 
of Sorrows,” I worship Thy Divine Face. Once 
It shone with the beauty and sweetness of the 
Divinity: now for my sake It is become as the 
face of a “leper.” Yet in that disfigured Coun- 


tenance I recognize Thy Infinite Love, and J am | 


consumed with the desire of loving Thee and of 
making Thee loved by all mankmd. ‘The Tears 
that streamed in such abundance from Thy Eyes 
are to me as precious pearls which I delight to 
gather, that with, their infinite worth I may ran- 
som the souls of poor sinners. 

O Jesus, Whose Face is the sole beauty that 
ravishes my heart, I may not behold here upon 


earth the sweetness of Thy Glance, nor feel the - 


ineffable tenderness of Thy Kiss. Thereto I 
consent, but I pray Thee to imprint in me Thy 


Divine Likeness, and I implore Thee to so mflame — 


me with Thy Love, that it may quickly consume 


me, and that I may soon reach the Vision of — 


Thy glorious Face in Heaven! Amen. 





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DEVOTIONS TO THE FIVE WOUNDS 389 


The Five Wounds 


ST. GERTRUDE’S SALUTATION OF THE 
FIVE WOUNDS OF OUR SAVIOUR 


AIL, most precious wounds of Jesus, in the 

omnipotence of the Father, Who decreed 
you; hail, m the wisdom of the Son, Who en- 
dured you; hail, im the goodness of the Holy 
Ghost Who through you accomplished the work 
of human redemption. To you I commend my- 
self, into you I plunge myself, that in your shelter 
I may be secure from the destroyer. Amen. 


PRAYERS OF ST. CLARE OF ASSISI TO 
THE FIVE WOUNDS OF OUR SAVIOUR 


1. To the Wound in the Right Hand 


RAISE be to Thee, O Jesus Christ, for the 
most sacred wound in Thy right hand. By 

this adorable wound, and by Thy most sacred 
Passion, pardon me all the sins I have committed 
against Thee in thought, word, and deed, and all 
negligence in Thy service, and all sensuality for 
which I have been to blame whether asleep or 
awake. Grant that I may be able to recall with 
devotion Thy most pitiful death and sacred 
wounds; grant me the grace to mortify my body, 
and so to offer a pledge of my gratitude to Thee. 
Who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen. 


Our Father, Hail Mary, etc. 


390 DEVOTIONS TO THE FIVE WOUNDS 


2. To the Wound in the Left Hand 
RAISE and glory be to Thee, O amiable 


Jesus Christ, for the most sacred wound in 
Thy left hand. By this adorable wound, have 
mercy on me, and deign to root out of my heart 
everything displeasing to Thee. Give me victory 
over Thy perverse enemies, so that with Thy 
grace I may be able to overcome them; and by 
the merits of Thy most pitiful death save me 
from all the dangers of my present and future 
life. And then grant that I may share Thy glory 
in heaven. Who livest and reignest forever and 
ever. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, etc. 


3. To the Wound in the Right Foot 


RAISE and glory be to Thee, O patient Jesus 

Christ, for the most sacred wound in Thy 
right foot; and by that adorable wound grant 
me grace to do penance for my sins. By Thy 
most pitiful death I devoutly beg of Thee to keep 
me, Thy poor servant, united night and day to 
Thy holy will, and to remove afar off every mis- 
fortune of body and soul. And when the day 
of wrath shall come, receive me into Thy mercy, 
and lead me to eternal happiness. Who livest 
and reignest forever and ever. Amen. Our 


Father, Hail Mary, etc. 


DEVOTIONS TO THE FIVE WOUNDS 391 


4. To the Wound in the Left Foot 
RAISE and glory be to Thee, O adorable 


Jesus Christ, for the most sacred wound m 
Thy left foot; and by this adorable wound grant 
me the grace of a full pardon, that with Thine 
aid I may deserve to escape the sentence of 
eternal reprobation. I pray Thee, moreover, by 
| Thy most holy death, O my loving Redeemer, that 
I may be able before my death to receive the 
Sacrament of Thy Body and Blood, after con- 
fession of my sins, and with perfect repentance 
and purity of body and mind. Grant that I may 
merit also to receive the holy anointing for my 
eternal salvation, O Lord, Who livest and 
reignest forever and ever. Amen. Our Father, 
Hail Mary, etc. 


5. To the Wound in the Sacred Side 


RAISE and glory be to Thee, O loving Jesus 
Christ, for the most sacred wound in Thy 
side, and by that adorable wound, and by Thy 
infinite mercy, which Thou didst make known 
in the opening of Thy breast to the soldier Longi- 
nus, and so to us all, I pray Thee, O most gentle 
Jesus, that having redeemed me by baptism from 
original sin, so now by Thy Precious Blood, which 
is offered and received throughout: the world, 
deliver me from all evils, past, present, and to 
come. And by Thy most bitter death give me a 
lively faith, a firm hope, and a perfect charity, 
so that I may love Thee with all my heart, and 


392 DEVOTIONS TO THE FIVE WOUNDS 


all my soul, and all my strength; make me firm 
and steadfast in good works, and grant me per- 
severance in Thy service, so that I may be able 
to please Thee always. Amen. Our Father, 
Hail Mary, etc. 

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless 
Thee. 

R. Because by Thy death and Blood Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 


Let us Pray 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who by 

the five wounds of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus 
Christ, hast redeemed the human race, grant to 
Thy suppliants that we who daily venerate those 
wounds, may, by the shedding of His Precious 
Blood, be freed from sudden and everlasting 
death. Through the same Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—L£o XIII. Nov. 21, 1885.) 





DEVOTIONS TO THE PRECIOUS 
BLOOD 


The Blood of Jesus, like His wounds, is deserving of 
special honor because of its close relation to the sacred 
Passion. This devotion may be said to have begun with 
the Apostles, who speak of the Precious Blood, the price 
of our Redemption, as synonymous with the Passion 
and death of the Saviour. In exercising this devout 
practice, it is most appropriate to offer the Blood of Jesus 
in expiation for sin, for the conversion of sinners, for the 
wants of the Church, and for the souls in purgatory. 


NCLINE unto my aid, O God. 
R. O Lord, make haste to help me 
V. Glory be to the Father, etc. 
R. As it was in the beginning, etc 


First Mystery 


HE first time our loving Saviour shed His 
Precious Blood for us was on the eighth day 
after His birth, when He was circumcised in order 
to fulfil the law of Moses. While, then, we reflect 
that Jesus did this to satisfy the justice of God 
for our lax ways, let us rouse ourselves to sorrow 
for them, and promise, with the help of His all- 
powerful grace, to be henceforth truly chaste in 
body and in soul. Our Father (five times), and 
Glory be to the Father, etc. (once). 
V. We beseech Thee therefore, help Thy 
servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy 
Precious Blood. 


3904 DEVOTIONS TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD 


Second Mystery 


EXT, m the Garden of Olives, Jesus shed 
His Blood for us in such quantity that it 
bathed the earth around. He did this at the 
sight of the gratitude with which men would 
meet His Jove. Let us, then, repent sincerely 
that we have hitherto corresponded so ill with 
the countless blessings of God, and resolve to 
make good use of His graces and inspirations. 
Our Father (five times), and Glory be to the Father, 
etc. (once). 
V. We beseech Thee therefore, help Thy 
servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy 
Precious Blood. 


Third Mystery 


EXT, in His cruel scourging, Jesus shed His 
Blood when His flesh was so torn that 
streams of blood flowed from every part of His 
body, all of which He offered all the time to His 
eternal Father in payment of our impatience and 
our softness. How comes it, then, that we do 
not curb our anger and love of self? Henceforth 
we will try our best to bear our troubles well, 
and, despising self, take peacefully the injuries 
which men may do us. Our Father (five times), 
and Glory be to the Father, etc. (once). 
V. We beseech Thee therefore, help Thy 
servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy 
Precious Blood. 


DEVOTIONS TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD 395 


Fourth Mystery 
GAIN, from the sacred head of Jesus, blood 


poured down when it was crowned with 
thorns, in punishment of our pride and evil 
thoughts. Shall we, then, continue to nourish 
haughtiness, foster foul imaginations, and feed 
the wayward will withm us? Henceforth Iet 
there be ever before our eyes our utter nothing- 
ness, our misery, and our weakness; and with 
generous hearts let us resist all the temptations 
of the devil. Our Father (five times), and Glory 
be to the Father, etc. (once). 
V. We beseech Thee therefore, help Thy 
servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy 
Precious Blood. 


Fifth Mystery 


HAT streams of Precious Blood did not our 

loving Lord pour forth from His veins when 
Jaden with the heavy cross on that most grievous 
journey to Calvary! The very streets and ways 
of Jerusalem through which He passed were 
watered with it. This He did in satisfaction 
for the scandals and bad example by which His 
own creatures had led others astray. Who can 
tell how many of us are of this unhappy number? 
Who knows how many each one, by his own bad 
example, has brought down to hell? And what 
have we done to repair this evil? Henceforth 
Jet us, at least by word and example, do all we 
can to save souls, making ourselves a pattern 


396 DEVOTIONS TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD 


of goodness and of a holy life to all. Our Father 
(five times), and Glory be to the Father, etc. (once). 

V. We beseech Thee therefore, help Thy 
servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy 
Precious Blood. 


Sixth Mystery 
ILL more Precious Blood did the Redeemer 


of mankind shed in His barbarous cruci- 
fixion, when, His veins and arteries being torn 
asunder, there rushed forth in a torrent from 
His hands and feet that saving balm of eternal 
life, to pay for all the crimes and sins of a lost 
world. Who, after this, would continue in sin 
and thus renew the cruel crucifixion of the Son 
of God? Let us weep bitterly for our bad deeds 
done, and detest them before the feet of the sacred 
minister of God; [et us amend our evil ways, 
and henceforth begin a truly Christian life, with 
the remembrance ever in our hearts of all the 
Blood which our salvation cost the Saviour of 
men. Our Father (five times), and Glory be to the 
Father, etc. (once). 
V. We beseech Thee therefore, help Thy 
servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy 
Precious Blood. 


Seventh Mystery 


AST of all, after His death, when His sacred 
side was opened by the lance, and His lov- 

ing Heart was wounded, Jesus shed blood, and 
with it there came forth water, to show us how 





DEVOTIONS TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD 397 


His blood was poured out to the last drop for 
our salvation. Oh, the great goodness of our 
redeeming Lord! Who will not love Thee, 
Saviour of my soul? What heart will not con- 
sume itself away for love of Thee, Who hast done 
all this for our Redemption? The tongue wants 
words to praise Thee; so let us invite all creatures 
upon earth, all angels and all saints in paradise, 
and most of all our dear mother Mary, to bless, 
praise, and celebrate Thy most Precious Blood. 
Glory to the Blood of Jesus! Now and ever 
throughout all ages. Amen. Our Father (five 
times), and Glory be to the Father, etc. (once). 

V. We beseech Thee therefore, help Thy ser- 
vants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy 
Precious Blood. 


Prayer 


OST Precious Blood of life eternal! price and 

ransom of the world! drink and bath of the 
soul! ever pleading the cause of men before the 
throne of mercy; I adore Thee most profoundly; 
I would, if I were able, make Thee some compen- 
sation for the outrages and wrongs Thou dost 
ever suffer from men, and especially from those 
who dare in their rashness to blaspheme Thee. 
Who will not bless this Blood of value infinite? 
Who does not feel himself on fire with the love of 
Jesus, Who shed it all for us? What should I be 
but for this Blood which hath redeemed me? 


398 DEVOTIONS TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD 


And what drew Thee, Precious Blood, from the 
veins of mv Lord, even to the last drop? It was 
Iove. O boundless Iove, which gave to us this 
saving balsam! O balsam beyond all price, 
streaming forth from the fount of immeasurable 
love! Give to all hearts, all tongues, power to 
praise, celebrate, and thank Thee, now and ever, 
and throughout all eternity. Amen. 

V. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, with Thy 
Blood. 

R. And hast made us a kingdom to our God. 


Let us Pray 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who hast 
appointed Thine only-begotten Son the 
Saviour of the world, and hast willed to be ap- 
peased by His Blood; grant us, we beseech Thee, 
so to venerate this Blood, the price of our salva- 
tion, and so to be defended on earth by its power 
from the evils of this present life, that in heaven 
we may be made glad by its everlasting fruit. 
Who liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 7 years and 7 quarantines, once a day. — 
Pius VII. Oct. 18, 1815.) 





The Holp Hour 


‘COULD YOU NOT WATCH ONE HOUR WITH ME?” 
(MATT. XXVI, 40) 


The Holy Hour is a pious exercise of mental or vocal 
prayer in union with the prayer of our Lord in the Garden 
‘of Olives on Maundy Thursday night. It was taught to 
St. Margaret Mary by our Lord Himself, and its purpose 
is to sweeten in some way our Lord’s abandonment in 
Gethsemane and to implore God’s mercy for sinners. 

No special form of prayer is prescribed for the Holy 
Hour; but if it is performed in private, the time Is re- 
stricted to an hour between 2 P.M. of every Thursday 

and about 6 A.M. on Friday. 


FIRST TWENTY MINUTES 
Reflection 


) Ay SANG left the supper room where He had 

just instituted the Blessed Eucharist, Jesus 
went out with the disciples, crossed the brook 
Cedron and, as was His wont, ascended the Mount 
of Olives. They entered a garden called Geth- 
semane. Jesus said to the disciples: ‘Sit you 
here while I go yonder and pray.” And taking 
with Him Peter, James, and John, He began to 


400 THE HOLY HOUR 
be fearful and sad. Then He said to the three 


apostles: ‘‘My soul is sorrowful even unto death. 
Stay you here and watch with Me.” He then 
went on a little further, and, falling flat on the 
ground, prayed: “My Father, if it be possible, 
let this chalice pass from Me. Nevertheless not 
as I will, but as Thou wilt.’”’ Then He returned 
to His disciples and, finding them asleep from 
sorrow, said to Peter: ‘‘Simon, sleepest thou? 
Couldst thou not watch one hour with Me? 
Watch ye and pray that ye enter not into temp- 
tation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the 
flesh is weak.” 


A PRAYER FOR HELP 
(Psalm LIV) 


This Psalm typifies our Lord in His persecution by 
the Jews and in His betrayal by Judas. 


EAR, O God, my prayer, and despise not my 
supplication. 

Be attentive to me and hear me. 

I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled, 
because of the voice of the enemy, and the 
oppression of the sinner. 

For they have cast iniquities upon me: and 
in wrath they were hostile unto me. 

My heart is troubled within me: and the fear 
of death is fallen upon me. 

Fear and trembling are come upon me: and 
darkness hath covered me. 

And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, 
and I will fly and be at rest? 


THE HOLY HOUR 401 


Lo, then would I go far off flying away; and 
remain in the wilderness. 

I would hasten my escape to a shelter from 
the stormy wind and tempest. 

Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; 
for I have seen iniquity and violence in the city. 

Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon 
its walls: and in the midst thereof are wicked- 
ness and mischief. 

Oppression and deceit have not departed from 
its streets. 

For if mine enemy had reviled me, I could 
verily have born with it. 

And if he that hated me had spoken great 
things against me, I would perhaps have hidden 
myself from him. 

But it is thou, a man of one mind with me, 
my associate, and my familiar friend, 

Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: 
in the house of God we walked in company. 


Application 


ESUS in Gethsemane teaches us how to pray. 

He goes to a secluded spot to pour out His 

soul to the Father, thus admonishing us that to 
pray well we must banish from our minds the 
distractions and vanities of this world. He asks 
the disciples to watch with Him, from which we 
Iearn how acceptable it is to God to ask others 
to join their ntercessions with ours, and to pray 
for our intentions. He falls flat upon His face, 
teaching us by His example the humility of spirit 


402 THE HOLY HOUR 


and reverential demeanor of body that should 
accompany prayer. He prays with earnestness 
and fervor; His request is made with entire sub- 
mission to the divine will; He prays not once 
only, but renews His petition with perseverance. 


Hymn 
AN of sorrows, wrapt im grief, 
Bow Thime ear to our relief. 
Thou for us the path hast trod 
Of the dreadful wrath of God; 
Thou the cup of fire hast drained 
Till its light alone remained. 


By the Garden, fraught with woe, 
Whither Thou full oft wouldst go; 
By Thine agony of prayer 

In the desolation there; 

By the dire and deep distress 

Of that mystery fathomless: 


By the chalice brimming o’er 

With disgrace and torment sore; 

By those lips which fain would pray 
That it might but pass away; 

By the heart which drank it dry 
Lest a rebel race should die: 


Man of sorrows! Jet Thy grief 
Purchase for us our relief; 
Lord of mercy, bow Thine ear, 
Slow to anger, swift to hear; 
By the cross’ royal road 

Lead us to the throne of God. 


THE HOLY HOUR 403 


Let us Pray 
DIVINE Master, Who in the Garden didst 


vouchsafe to instruct us how to pray, grant 
that we may ever pray in Thy Name and follow- 
ing Thy instruction and example, may deserve to 
be heard by the Father. We unite our prayer with 
that which Thou didst offer when entering upon 
Thy sacred Passion. We ask that Thou pardon 
the sorrow we have caused Thee by defects and 
negligences in prayer, that Thou bless our good 
resolutions for the future. 

We commend to Thee also, O Lord, all those 
who have asked us to pray for them, those whose 
special intentions we have at heart and all for 
‘whom we are accustomed or bound to pray. 
Supply all their necessities. Comfort and support 
them im all their trials and afflictions. Deliver 
them from all temptations. Make them in this 
world truly to know, love, and serve Thee and 
to enjov Thee hereafter in Heaven. 

By Thy holy prayer we implore mercy for all 
those who through ignorance, frailty or malice 
outrage Thee. Do Thou, our Mediator with the 
Father, mtercede for all who do not acknowledge 
Thee. May the world be delivered from the 
power of Satan and all nations believe in Thee and 
adore Thee and be united to Thy holy Church. 


Amen. 


404 THE HOLY HOUR 


SECOND TWENTY MINUTES 
Reflection 

OING a second time apart from the three 
apostles, Jesus prayed in the same words 
as before: “My Father, if it be possible, let this | 
chalice pass from Me. Nevertheless not as I will, 
but as Thou wilt.” Returning He found the 
disciples heavy-eyed with sleep, and knowing not 

how to answer Him. 


A PRAYER IN TRIBULATION 
(Psalm XII) 


The present Psalm prefigures Christ in His agony, | 

apparently forsaken and forgotten by the eternal Father. — 

OW lIong, O Lord, wilt Thou forget me for-— 

ever? how long wilt Thou turn away Thy > 

face from me? | 

How long shall I take counsels in my soul, 
having sorrow in my heart all the day? 

How long shall mime enemy be exalted over 
me? 

Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. 

Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death: 
lest at any time mine enemy say: I have prevailed 
against him. 

They that trouble me will rejoice when I am 
moved: 

But, as for me, I have trusted in Thy loving- 
kindness. 

My heart shall rejoice n Thy salvation: I will 
sing to the Lord, Who giveth me good things: 
vea, I will sing to the Name of the Lord the most 
high. 








THE HOLY HOUR 405 


Application 

ESUS in Gethsemane teaches us how to live. 

Before entering upon His great conflict with 
the powers of wickedness, He gives Himself over 
to long and fervent preparation. We, too, are 
subject to the assaults of evil; mdeed, we are 
constantly exposed to the danger of temptation 
and defeat, for though the spirit be willing, the 
flesh is weak. See how confidently the apostles 
protested their loyalty on the road to Gethsemane, 
declaring their readiness even to die for Christ. 
A few hours later, however, they abandoned and 
denied Him. They had not heeded the warning 
of their Master, nor sought in prayer the light 
and strength they needed; hence, when their 
trial came, they were not prepared to meet It. 
Not more than they, can we trust to our good 
resolutions, or permit ourselves to slumber in 
false security. “Watch and pray lest you enter 
into temptation”’ was addressed to us as well as 
to the apostles. If we hearken to those words, 
we must shun the dangerous occasions of sin; 
we must prepare ourselves against the hour of 
temptation; we must keep guard over our senses 
and mortify our passions. It is by thus keeping 
ourselves on the alert that we shall, with God’s 
assistance, repel the attacks of the enemy. 


Hymn 
ROM high heaven the Mediator, 
Whom the Prophets sang of yore, 
Comes to heal our fallen nature. 
Sion’s daughters! weep no more. 


406 THE HOLY HOUR 


For the ill which Eden wrought us, 
When our parents went astray, 

Olivet to life hath brought us 
Where our Lord doth watch and pray. 


The Redeemer of His nation, 

Such the love which filled His breast, 
Hastens to make expiation 

For the world by sin oppressed. 


Now the Father’s anger ceases 
And the hand up-raised to smite, 
All those threatening shafts releases, 
Destined on our souls to light. 


Thus the snares of hell are broken; 
Heaven’s gates are open wide, 

Where eternal joys unspoken 
Welcome those for whom He died. 


To the Father praise be given! 

Praise the Son, Whose Name is greater 
Than all names beneath the heaven, 

Praise the Spirit, every creature. Amen. 


Let us Pray 


ORD Jesus Christ, Who, upon the eve of 

Thy Passion didst keep vigil, help us by 
Thy grace ever to look forward to Thy coming, 
that we may be found ready when Thou dost 
call, and, having watched with Thee until death, 
may, after this life, enter into Thy rest. 


THE HOLY HOUR 407 


We commend to Thee also our parents, rulers, 
superiors, and all who are placed to watch over 
us, and who must give an account for our souls. 
May they so lead and direct us that they may 
help both themselves and those entrusted to 
them and may be praised when Thou dost come, 
Who art the Lord of lords and King of kings. 

By Thy holy watching we implore mercy for 
sinners, who watch only to betray their own 
souls and who give themselves no repose in 
seeking after the vain pleasures of sense. Do 
Thou Who slumberest not, help us. Strengthen 
us against the rebellion of our lower nature, that 
we may keep the body in subjection to the spirit 
and make our own wills obey not the will of the 
flesh but the will of our Father Who is in heaven. 
Amen. 


THIRD TWENTY MINUTES 
Reflection 


EAVING the disciples, Jesus went a third 
| time and prayed, saying the self-same words: 
“My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice 
pass from Me. Nevertheless not as I will, but 
as Thou wilt.” And there appeared to Him an 
angel from heaven strengthening Him. And 
being in an agony He prayed the longer. And 
His sweat became as drops of blood trickling 
down upon the ground. And when He arose up 
from prayer and was come to His disciples, He 
said to them: ‘Sleep ye now, and take your 
rest. It is enough. The hour is come; behold 


408 THE HOLY HOUR 


the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands 
of sinners. Behold he that will betray Me is at 
hand.” 


A PRAYER IN EXTREME SUFFERING 
(Psalm LXVIT1) 


It is Christ Himself, says St. Augustine, Who speaks 
in this Psalm, which is a portrayal of the utter abandon- 
ment of our Lord, and of His final rejection by so many 
sinners. But the conclusion is a song of trrumph over the 
fruits of the Redemption. 


AVE me, O God: for the waters are come 
in even unto my soul. 

I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there 
is no sure standing. 

I am come into the depth of the sea: and a 
tempest hath overwhelmed me. 

I am weary with crying; my jaws are become 
hoarse: mine eyes have failed, whilst I hope in 
my God. 

They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, 
who hate me without cause. 

Mine enemies are grown strong who have 
wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that 
which I took not away. 

But as for me, my prayer is to Thee, O Lord; 
for the time of Thy good pleasure, O God. 

In the multitude of Thy mercy hear me, in 
the truth of Thy salvation. 

Draw me out of the mire, that I may not 
stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, 
and out of the deep waters. 


THE HOLY HOUR 409 


Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor 
the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut 
her mouth upon me. 

Hear me, O Lord, for Thy mercy is kind; look 
upon me according to the multitude of Thy 
tender mercies. 

And turn not away Thy face from Thy servant: 
for J am in trouble, hear me speedily. 

Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me 
because of mine enemies. 

Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, 
and my shame. 

In Thy sight are all they that afflict me; my 
heart is broken with reproach and misery. 

And I looked for one that would grieve to- 
gether with me, but there was none: and for 
one that would comfort me, and I found none. 

Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and 
your soul shall live. 

For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath 
not despised His prisoners. 

Let the heavens and the earth praise Him; 
the sea, and everything that creepeth therein. 

For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda 
shall be built up. 

And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by 
inheritance. 

And the seed of His servants shall possess it; 
and they that love His name shall dwell therein. 


Application 
oy pba ae and tears enter into the life of all 


upon earth. Sickness, misfortune, estrange- 


410 THE HOLY HOUR 


ments, bereavements, are the common lot of 
men. Many there are whose days are consumed 
with grief. These trials come from a Father Who 
chastises the children of His love. He wishes to 
afford them the opportunity of atoning for their 
misdeeds, to give them occasion of merit, to turn 
their affections from perishable to lasting goods. 
But often those who suffer fail to profit by their 
afflictions. Some, to console themselves, turn 
to vain consolations or pleasures; others becom- 
ing disheartened, lose confidence in God or even 
rebel against His will. How differently acted our 
3aviour! His wearmess, desolation, fear and 
sadness were incomparably greater than any pain 
of ours. Even the apostles could not drink of 
His chalice. The sorrows of mankind were upon 
Him and under the burden He fell in anguish 
upon the ground, bathed in a sweat of blood. 
Yet in this supreme agony He turns to heaven for 
consolation and strength. His sorrow grows, but 
He prays the longer, asking with a strong cry 
through His tears. He salutes God by the sweet 
name ‘“‘My Father,” and three times accepts the 
bitter chalice pressed to His lips. And in the end, 
strengthened by an angel, He announces reso- 
lutely that the hour of man’s Redemption is 
at hand, and not awaiting the approach of the 
enemy, goes forth to meet him. From the Man 
of sorrows the sorrowful can learn that their 
surest refuge is in prayer; that, though God 
seems to hold Himself aloof, He is ever our Father 
and will not deny comfort and assistance to all 
who invoke Him with confidence and submission. 





THE HOLY HOUR 
Hymn 


EE the Eternal Word descending 
From the throne of bliss supreme, 
Love-constrained, His way now wending 
Adam’s children to redeem. 


Pitying the world’s disaster, 
Yearning to repair its fall, 

Prone upon the earth, our Master 
Prays for pardon for us all. 


O what anguish, what affliction 
Hemmed Him round on every side, 
Who shall tell His dereliction! 
While His suppliant accents cried — 


“O My Father! O My Father! 
Let this chalice pass away — 
Yet not My will, Thy will rather 
Be accomplishéd this day —” 


’Neath that load of anguish sinking, 
Drops of blood stood on His brow — 

Wondering earth in silence drmking 
One by one the drops that flow. 


But an angel swiftly gliding 
Comes from heaven to His aid; 
And that form the Godhead hiding 
Comfort seeks from those He made. 


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412 THE HOLY HOUR 


To the Father praise be given — 
Praise the Son, Whose Name is greater 
Than all names beneath the heaven, — 
Praise the Spirit, every creature. Amen. 


Let us Pray 


BLESSED Redeemer, Who for our sakes 

didst endure the agony in Gethsemane, we 
compassionate Thy grief. Permit us to offer 
Thee also our Jove in reparation for the sorrow 
caused Thee by our coldness and ingratitude, and 
to unite to Thy sorrow in the Garden of Olives 
our sorrow for having offended Thee. Help us 
to satisfy for our sins that, sharing in Thy Passion, 
we may be made partakers also of Thy glory. 

We commend to Thy pity all who are in trouble 
and distress, the aged, the sick, the poor and 
especially those who are in the agony of death. 
Come to their assistance and send them comfort 
from on high. 

May Thy blood, which speaketh better than 
that of Abel, call down pardon for the many 
wrongs, injustices and sufferings which Thy 
children inflict one upon the other. Thou Who 
didst greet with friendly salutation the traitor 
Judas and spare the soldiers sent to apprehend 
Thee, grant that the spirit of the world, the spirit 
of greed, self-seeking and revenge, may give way 
in the hearts of all to Thy spirit: the spirit of 
charity, self-sacrifice, and forgiveness. Amen. 


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Devotions to The Blessed Wirgin 
THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 











The Rosary is a form of prayer, at once mental and 
vocal, in which the fifteen chief mysteries of our faith 
are contemplated. To recite properly the Rosary the 
Our Father is said on every large bead and the Hail Mary 
on every small bead, each decade being terminated with 
“Glory be to the Father,” ete. Each decade is said in 
honor of some mystery which is set apart for contem- 
plation during the recitation of the prayers. 


MANNER OF SAYING THE ROSARY 


1. Hold the cross of the Rosary in the right hand and 
bless yourself with the cross, saying, “In the name of the 
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.” 

2. Still holding the cross, say “The Apostles’ Creed.” 

3. On the first large bead after the cross, say the Our 
Father; on the next three small beads, say the Hail Mary; 
after the third Hail Mary, say “Glory be to the Father,” 
etc. 
4. Then say: “The first part of the Holy Rosary, the 
five Joyful Mysteries: The first Joyful Mystery; The 
Annunciation.” 

5. While meditating on this mystery say the Our 
Father on the large bead just before the medal and the 
Hail Mary on the next ten small beads after the medal; 
adding after the tenth Hail Mary, “Glory be to the 
Father,” etc. 


AI4 THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 


THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY 


Week-day Mysteries: The Joyful Mysteries are said 
on Mondays and Thursdays; the Sorrowful on Tuesdays 
and Fridays; the Glorious on Wednesdays and Saturdays. 
This distribution holds in all seasons of the year. 

Sunday Mysteries: The Joyful Mysteries aie said on 
all Sundays from the first Sunday in Advent until Lent; 
the Sorrowful, on the Sundays in Lent; the Glorious, 
on the Sundays from Easter until Advent. 


THE FIRST PART OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 
The Five Joyful Mysteries 


1. The Annunciation 


EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 

mystery how the angel Gabriel saluted our 
Blessed Lady with the title “full of grace,” and 
declared unto her the Incarnation of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Beg of her to obtain 
for us the virtue of humility in Imitation of our 
Lord, who lowered Himself in taking the form 
of a servant. Our Father (once), Hail Mary (ten 
times), Glory be to the Father, etc. (once). 


2. The Visitation 


EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 
mystery how the Blessed Virgin Mary, 
understanding from the angel that her cousin 
St. Elizabeth had concertved, went with haste into 
the mountains of Judea to visit her, and remained 
with her three months. Ask through the inter- 
cession of our Lady the Grace of perfect charity 
toward our neighbor. Our Father, etc. 





THE MOST. HOLY ROSARY 415 
3. The Nativity 


EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 
mystery how the Blessed Virgin Mary, when 
the time of her delivery was come, brought forth 
our Redeemer, Christ Jesus, at midnight, and 
laid Him in a manger, because there was no room 
for Him in the inns at Bethlehem. Ask that we 
may be detached from all the things of earth in 
imitation of Him Who was born in a stable for 
our sakes. Our Father, etc. 


4. Tbe Presentation 


EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 
mystery how the most Blessed Virgin Mary, 
on the day of her purification, presented the Child 
Jesus in the Temple, where holy Simeon, giving 
thanks to God with great devotion, recerved Him 
into his arms. Like Mary, who was submissive 
to the Jewish law, we should cultivate the virtue 
of obedience. Our Father, etc. 


5. The Finding in the Temple 


EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 

mystery how the Blessed Virgin Mary, hav- 
ing lost her beloved Son in Jerusalem, sought 
Him for the space of three days, and at length 
found Him in the Temple in the midst of the 
doctors, disputing with them, being then but 
twelve years old. Ask that we may ever seek 
Jesus with our whole heart, and that sin may 
never separate us from Him. Our Father, etc. 


416 THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 
SALVE REGINA 


AIL, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, | 
our sweetness, and our hope! ‘To thee do we 
cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do 
we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping 
in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious 
advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and 
after this our exile, show unto us the blessed 
fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, 
O sweet Virgin Mary. 
V. Pray for us, O Queen of the most holy 
Rosary. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the prom- 
ises of Christ. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Whose only-begotten Son, by His 

life, death and Resurrection, has purchased 
for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we be- 
seech Thee, that, meditating on these mysteries 
in the most holy rosary of the Blessed Virgin 
Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and 
obtain what they promise, through the same 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 





THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 417 


THE SECOND PART OF THE MOST HOLY 
ROSARY 


The Five Sorrowful Mysteries 


1. The Prayer and Bloody Sweat of our 
Blessed Saviour in the Garden 


EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 
mystery how our Lord Jesus was so afflicted 
for us in the Garden of Gethsemane, that His 
s0dy was bathed in a bloody sweat, which ran 
tricklmg down in great drops upon the ground. 
Ask that we may sincerely Iament our sins which 
caused this great agony. Our Father, etc. 


2. The Scourging of Jesus at the Pillar 
EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 


mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ was 
most cruelly scourged in Pilate’s house for our 
sins, and let us beg the grace to do penance and 
mortify our senses and unruly passions. Our 
Father, etc. 


3. The Crowning of Jesus with Thorns 
EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 


mystery how those cruel ministers of Satan 
crowned our Lord with sharp thorns, and saluted 
Him in derision as King of the Jews. Let us 
fly the flatteries and vanities of this world and 
seek only the approval of God. Our Father, etc. 





418 THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 
4. Jesus Carries His Cross 
EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 


mystery how our Lord, bemg sentenced to 
die, bore with great patience the cross which was 
laid upon Him for His greater torment and| 
ignominy. In bearing the crosses and trials of 
life we should remember this mystery, and try; 
to imitate the wonderful patience which Christ: 
displayed. Our Father, etc. | 


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5. The Crucifixion 
EDITATION: Let us contemplate im this 


mystery how our Saviour, being come to) 
Mount Calvary, was stripped of His clothes, and 
His hands and feet most cruelly nailed to the cross 
in the presence of His most afflicted Mother. As 
He prayed for His executioners, so let us forgive 
those who mjure and persecute us. Our Father, 
etc.; Hail, boly Queen, etc. as above. 


THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 419 
‘HE THIRD PART OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 


The Five Glorious Mysteries 


1. The Resurrection 
EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 


mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ, tri- 
imphing gloriously over death, rose again the 
hird day, immortal and impassible. May we be 
‘ver steadfast in the profession and practice of 
yur faith, of which this mystery is the foundation. 
Jur Father, etc. 


2. The Ascension 


EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 
mystery how our Lord, forty days after His 
Resurrection, ascended into heaven, attended by 
ungels in the sight of His most holy Mother, and 
His apostles and disciples, to the great admiration 
of them all. Let us ask an increase of the virtue 
of hope and an ardent longing for heaven, our 
true home. Our Father, etc. 


3. The Descent of the Holy Ghost 
EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 


mystery how our Lord, being seated on the 
right hand of God, sent, as He had promised, the 
Holy Ghost upon His apostles, who, after He 
ascended, returning to Jerusalem, continued in 
prayer and supplication with the blessed Virgin 
Mary, expecting the fulfillment of His promise. 
May the Holy Ghost enkindle in our souls the 
fire of divine charity. Our Father, etc. 


420 THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 
4. The Assumption | 
EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 


mystery how the glorious Virgin, some years 
after the Resurrection of her Son, passed out ol 
this world unto Him, and was by Him assumec 
into heaven, accompanied by the holy angels, 
Let us every day beg our blessed Lady to obtain 
for us the grace of a happy death. Our Father, etc, 


5. The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin 


EDITATION: Let us contemplate in this 

mystery how the glorious Virgin Mary, 
with great jubilee and exultation of the whole 
court of heaven, was crowned by her Son witk 
the brightest diadem of glory. May we be always 
found faithful in our devotedness to the Queen o} 
the most holy Rosary. Our Father, etc.: Hail 
boly Queen, etc. | 





Among the many indulgences attached to this devotior 
is that of 5 years and 5 quarantines each time five decade: 
are said. For this the use of a blessed rosary is not 
required. Neither is it necessary that the five decade: 
be said at one time; it is sufficient that they be finishec 
within the same day. 

Numerous other indulgences may be gained by those 
who use blessed rosaries, or who belong to the Rosary 
Confraternity. 

The meditation on the different mysteries may precede 
accompany or follow the vocal prayers; but it should be 
closely connected with them, 








THE LITANY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN 421 


The Litany of the Blessed Virgin 


ORD, have mercy on us. 
Christ, have mercy on us. 
Lord, have mercy on us. 
Christ, hear us. 
Christ, graciously hear us. 
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. 
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy 
on us. 
God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us. 
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us. 
Holy Mary, 
Holy Mother of God, 
Holy Virgin of virgins, 


Mother of Christ, 
Mother of divine grace, 
-Mother most pure, 


Mother most chaste, 
Mother inviolate, 
Mother undefiled, 
Mother most amiable, 
Mother most admirable, 
Mother of good counsel, 
Mother of our Creator, 
Mother of our Saviour, 
Virgin most prudent, 
Virgin most venerable, 


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422 THE LITANY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN 


Virgin most renowned, 
Virgin most powerful, 
Virgin most merciful, 
Virgin most faithful, 
Mrror of justice, 

Seat of wisdom, 

Cause of our joy, 

Spiritual vessel, 

Vessel of honor, 

Vessel of singular devotion, 
Mystical rose, 

Tower of David, 

Tower of ivory, 

House of gold, 

Ark of the covenant, 

Gate of heaven, 

Morning star, 

Health of the weak, 
Refuge of sinners, 
Comforter of the afflicted, 
Help of Christians, 

Queen of angels, 

Queen of patriarchs, 

Queen of prophets, 

Queen of apostles, 

Queen of martyrs, 

Queen of confessors, 

Queen of virgins, 

Queen of all saints, 

Queen conceived without original sin, 
Queen assumed into heaven, 
Queen of the most holy Rosary, 
Queen of peace, 


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THE LITANY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN 423 


Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, spare us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, graciously hear us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, have mercy on us. 
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the prom- 

ises of Christ. 


Let us Pray 
OUR forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy 


grace into our hearts, that we to whom the 
Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known 
by the message of an angel, may by His passion 
and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrec- 
tion. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time.—Prus VII. Sept. 30, 1817.) 


424 PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 


Liturgical Prayers to the Blessed Wirgin 


ALMA REDEMPTORIS 
OTHER of Christ! hear thou thy people’s 


cry, 
Star of the deep, and Portal of the sky! 
Mother of Him who thee from nothing made, 
Sinking we strive, and call to thee for aid: 
Oh, by that joy which Gabriel brought to thee, 
Thou Virgin first and last, let us thy mercy see. 


AVE, REGINA 
AIL! O Queen of heav’n enthron’d! 


Hail! by angels mistress own’d! 
Root of Jesse, Gate of morn, 
Whence the world’s true Light was born. 
Glorious Virgin! joy to thee, 
Loveliest whom in heaven they see. 
Fairest thou where all are fair! 
Plead with Christ our sins to spare. 


AVE, MARIS STELLA 


TNAIL, thou star of ocean 
Portal of the sky! 
Ever Virgin Mother 
Of the Lord most high! 


Oh! by Gabriel’s Ave, 
Uttered long ago, 

Eva’s name reversing, 
Establish peace below. 





PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 425 


Break the captives’ fetters, 
Light on blindness pour; 

All our ills expelling, 
Every bliss implore. 


Show thyself a Mother; 
Offer Him our sighs, 

Who for us incarnate 
Did not thee despise. 


Virgin of all virgins! 
To thy shelter take us; 
Gentlest of the gentle! 
Chaste and gentle make us. 


Still, as on we journey, 
Help our weak endeavor, 

Till with thee and Jesus 
We rejoice forever. 


Through the highest heaven, 
To the almighty Three, 
Father, Son, and Spirit, 
One same glory be. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. Nov. 27, 1887.) 


ANTIPHONS 


HOLY Mary, Virgin of virgins, Mother and 
daughter of the King of kings! bestow upon 
us thy consolation, that through thee we may 
deserve the reward of the heavenly kingdom, 
and reign with the elect of God unto all eternity. 


426 PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 


HOLY Mary, most compassionate of all the 

compassionate, and holiest of all the holy, 
make intercession for us. Through thee, O 
Virgin, may He receive our prayers, Who, born 
for us of thee, retgneth above the skies; that so, 
of His loving kindness, our sins may be cleansed 
away. 


GLORIOUS Mother of God, Mary, ever 

virgin, who alone wast found worthy to bear 
the Lord of all, and though a virgin, to nurse 
the King of angels; be graciously mindful of us, 
we beseech thee, and pray to Christ for us, that 
we, being upheld by thy care, may deserve to 
attain to heavenly kingdoms. 


HOLY Mother of God, who didst worthily 

deserve to conceive Him Whom the whole 
world cannot contain, cleanse away our sins by 
thy loving intercession, that we who have been 
redeemed, may through thee be able to ascend 
to the seat of perpetual glory, where, with Him, 
thy Son, thou reignest forever. 


OLY Mary, be thou a help to the helpless, 

a strength to the fearful, a comfort to the 

sorrowful; pray for the people, plead for the 

clergy, make intercession for all women vowed to 

God; may all feel thine assistance who keep thy 
holy remembrance. 


DAILY PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 427 


Daily Prayers to the Blessed Virgin 


PRAYER OF ST. ALPHONSUS TO BE SAID BEFORE 
A PICTURE OR STATUE OF OUR BLESSED LADY 


mest holy and immaculate Virgin! O my 
| Mother! thou who art the Mother of my 
Lord, the Queen of the world, the advocate, hope, 
_and refuge of sinners! I, the most wretched among 
them, now come to thee. I honor thee, great 
Queen, and give thee thanks for the many favors 
thou hast bestowed on me in the past; most of 
all do I thank thee for having saved me by thy 
help from hell, which I had so often deserved. 
I love thee, Lady most worthy of all love, and, 
by the love which I bear thee, I promise ever in 
the future to honor thee, and to do what in me 
lies to win others to thy love. In thy inter- 
cession I put all my trust, all my hope of salva- 
tion. Receive me as thy servant, and cover me 
with the mantle of thy protection, thou who art 
the Mother of mercy! And since thou hast so 
much power with God, implore Him to deliver 
me from all temptations, and obtain for me the 
grace ever to overcome them. From thee I ask a 
true love of Jesus Christ, and the grace of a happy 
death. O my Mother! by thy love for God I 
beseech thee to be at all times my helper, but 
above all at the last moment of my life. Cease 
not thy supplications until thou seest me safe in 
heaven, there for endless ages to bless thee and 
sing thy praises. This is my hope. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Pius IX. Sept.7, 1854.) 


428 DAILY PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 
PRAYER OF ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA 


OST holy Mary, my Lady, to thy faithful care 
and special keeping and to the bosom of thy 
mercy, today and every day, and particularly 
at the hour of my death, I commend my soul and 
my body; all my hope and consolation, all my 
trials and miseries, my life and the end of my life 
I commit to thee, that through thy most holy 
intercession and by thy merits all my actions may 
be directed and ordered according to thy will and 
that of thy divine Son. Amen. 


(Ind. of 200 days, once a day.—LeEo XIII. Mar. 15, 1890.) 


SALVE REGINA 
In the Morning 


AIL, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, 
our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we 
cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we 
send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this 
valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advo- 
cate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after 
this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of 
thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet 
Virgin Mary! 
V. Make me worthy to praise thee, holy Virgin. 
R. Give me strength against thine enemies. 
V. Blessed be God in His saints. 
R. Amen. 


DAILY PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 429 
SUB TUUM PRAESIDIUM 
In the Evening 


E fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God! 
despise not our petitions in our necessities, 
but deliver us from all dangers, O ever glorious 
and blessed Virgin. 
V. Make me worthy to praise thee, holy 
Virgin. 
| R. Give me strength against thine enemies. 
V. Blessed be God in His saints. 
_ R. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. — Pius VI. April 5, 1786.) 


THREE OFFERINGS IN HONOR OF THE 
BLESSED VIRGIN 


Vf 
OLIEST VIRGIN, with all my heart I honor 
thee above all the angels and saints in 
Paradise as the daughter of the eternal Father, 
and to thee I consecrate my soul and all its powers. 


Hail Mary, etc. 


2 
OLIEST VIRGIN, with all my heart I honor 


thee above all the angels and saints in Para- 
dise as the Mother of the only-begotten Son, and 
to thee I consecrate my body with all its powers. 


Hail Mary, etc. 


430 DAILY PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 


ZF 

OLIEST VIRGIN, with all my heart I honor 
thee above all the angels and saints in Para- 
dise as the spouse of the Holy Ghost, and to thee 
I consecrate my heart and all its affections, pray- 
ing thee to obtain for me from the ever Blessed 
Trinity, all the graces which I need for my salva- 

tion. Hail Mary, etc. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prus IX. June 18, 1876.) 


ACTS OF CONSECRATION TO THE 
BLESSED VIRGIN 


For Members of the Sodality of the Blessed 
Virgin Mary 


By St. Jobn Berchmans 
OLY Mary, Mother of God and Virgin, I 


choose thee this day for my queen, patron, 
and advocate, and firmly resolve and purpose 
never to abandon thee, never to say or do any- 
thing against thee, nor to permit that aught be 
done by others to dishonor thee. Recetve me, 
then, I conjure thee, as thy perpetual servant; 
assist me in all my actions, and do not abandon 
me at the hour of my death. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, for each recitation. — Pius X. 
Nov. 17, 1906.) 





DAILY PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 431 
By St. Francis de Sales 


OST Holy Mary, virgin Mother of God, I 
(full name), most unworthy though I am 
to be thy servant, yet encouraged by thy motherly 
care for me and longing to serve thee, do, in the 
presence of my guardian angel and all the court 
of heaven, choose thee this day to be my queen, 
my advocate, and my mother, and I firmly pur- 
pose to serve thee evermore myself and to do what 
I can that all may render faithful service to thee. 
Therefore, most devoted Mother, through the 
Precious Blood thy Son poured out for me, I 
beg thee and beseech thee, deign to take me among 
thy clients and receive me as thy servant forever. 
Aid me in my every action, and beg for me the 
grace never, by word or deed or thought, to be 
displeasing in thy sight and that of thy most 
holy Son. 
Think of me, my dearest Mother, and desert 
me not at the hour of death. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, for each recitation. — Pius X. 
Nov. 17, 1906.) 











Particular Devotions to the 
Blessed Virgin 


EXERCISES IN HONOR OF THE SEVEN 
DOLORS 


ID me bear, O Mother blesséd! 
On my heart the wounds impresséd, 


Suffered by the Crucified. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day, to those who, with con- 
trite heart, shall say the Hail Mary seven times, and, 
after each Hail Mary, the stanza, as above. —- Pius VII. 
Dec. 1, 1815.) 


EJACULATIONS 
MARY, sorrowful Virgin and Mother of all 
Christians, pray for us. 
(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius X. June 27, 1906.) 


Mother of Jove, Mother of sorrows and of 
mercy pray for us. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Pius X. May 30, 1908.) 


DEVOTIONS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 433 










_ PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, 
OR OF THE SCAPULAR 


ALL-BLESSED, immaculate Virgin, orna- 
ment and glory of Mount Carmel, thou 
‘ho dost look with most gracious countenance on 
yose who have been clothed with thy venerable 
very, look kindly also on me and take me under 
4e mantle of thy maternal protection. Strengthen 
ry weakness with thy might; enlighten the dark- 
ess of my heart with thy wisdom; increase in me 
1ith, hope, and charity. So adorn my soul with 
races and virtues that it may be always dear to 
y divine Son and thee. Assist me during life, 
omfort me in death with thy most sweet presence, 
md present me as thy child and faithful servant 
o the most Holy Trinity, that I may be enabled 
o praise and extol thee in heaven forever. Amen. 
Jail Mary (three times), Glory be to the Father, etc. 
once). 


(Ind. of 200 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. Jan. 16, 1886.) 


PRAYER TO OUR LADY, HELP OF 
CHRISTIANS 


ine holy and immaculate Virgin Mary, our 
most tender Mother and powerful help of 
Christians, we dedicate ourselves entirely to thy 
nost sweet Jove and holy service. We consecrate 
© thee our minds with all their thoughts, our 
iearts with all their affections, our bodies with 


434 DEVOTIONS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 


all their senses and powers, and we promise to 
desire always to work for the greater glory of God 
and for the salvation of souls. Meanwhile do 
thou, O incomparable Virgin, who hast always 
been the help of the Christian people, continue to 
show thyself such, especially in these days. 
Humble the enemies of our holy religion, and 
frustrate their evil purposes. Enlighten and 
strengthen bishops and priests, and keep them 
ever united in obedience to the Pope, their in- 
fallible master. Preserve incautious youth from 
irreligion and vice. Promote holy vocations and 
increase the number of God’s ministers, that by | 
means of them the kingdom of Jesus Christ may 
be preserved among us, and extended to the 
farthest boundaries of the earth. 

We pray thee also, most sweet Mother, to look 
at all times with compassion upon the young and 
thoughtless, exposed to so many dangers, and 
upon poor sinners and the dying; be for all a 
sweet hope, O Mary, Mother of mercy and gate 
of heaven. 

Also we pray thee for ourselves, O great Mother 
of God. Teach us to copy thy virtues and es- 
pecially angelic modesty, profound humility, and 
ardent charity; so that by word and example 
we may, as far as is possible in our state of life, 
present in the midst of the world a living image 
of blessed Jesus thy Son, and may cause thee to 
be known and Joved, and so may succeed in sav- 
ing many souls. 

Obtain for us, O Mary our helper, that we may 
be all gathered under thy maternal mantle, that 








DEVOTIONS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 435 


in temptation we may invoke thee promptly and 
confidently; in short, that the thought of thee, 
so good, so loving, and so dear, and the remem- 
brance of the love which thou bearest to thy clients, 
may be such a support to us, as to render us 
victorious over the enemies of our souls in life 
and in death, so that we may become thy crown 
in beautiful paradise. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time.—Leo XIII. Marcb 10, 1900.) 


EJACULATION TO OUR LADY OF 
PERPETUAL HELP 


Mother of perpetual help, pray for us. 
(Ind. of 100 days, each time. — Pius X. Jan. 29, 1914.) 


PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL 


OST glorious Virgin, selected by the eternal 
councils as Mother of the eternal Word made 
man, treasury of divine grace and advocate of 
sinners, I, the most unworthy of thy servants, 
have recourse to thee, that thou mayest be my 
guide and counsellor in this valley of tears; 
obtain for me, by the mast Precious Blood of 
thy divine Son, the pardon of my sins, the salva- 
tion of my soul, and the means necessary to secure 
it. Obtain the triumph of the holy Church over 
her enemies, and the propagation of the reign 
of Jesus Christ all over the world. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day.—LEo XIII. Nov. 23, 1880.) 


436 DEVOTIONS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 
PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF VICTORY 
VICTORIOUS Lady! thou who hast evel 


such powerful influence with thy divine Sor 
in conquering the hardest of hearts, intercede for 
those for whom we pray, that their hearts being 
softened by the rays of divine grace,:they may 
return to the unity of the true faith, through 
Christ, our Lord. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 


INDULGENCED EJACULATIONS TO THE | 
BLESSED VIRGIN 


1. Mary. 

(Ind. of 25 days, vach time. — CLEMENT XIII. Sept. 5, 
1759.) 

2. Mary, Virgin Mother of God, pray to Jesus 
for me. | 

(Ind. of 50 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. March29, 1894.) 


3. Mary our hope, have pity on us. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Pius X. Jan. 8, 1906.) 


4. Holy Mary, deliver us from the pains of 
hell. 


(Ind. of 100 days, each time. — Prus X. Jan. 22, 1914.) 





5. My Mother, my trust. 

(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — BENEpict XV. Sept. 6, 
1915.) 

6. Our Lady of the most Holy Sacrament, pray 
for us. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each time, before the Blessed Sacra- 
ment exposed. — Pius X. Jan. 10, 1906.) 





Devotions ta St. Foseph 
LITANY OF ST. JOSEPH 


ORD, have mercy on us. 

Christ, have mercy on us. 
Lord, have mercy on us. 
Christ, hear us. 
Christ, graciously hear us. 
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. 
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy 

on us. 

God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us. 
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us. 
Holy Mary, 
Holy Joseph, 
Noble scion of David, 
Light of the patriarchs, 
Spouse of the Mother of God, 
Chaste guardian of the Virgin, 
Foster-father of the Son of God, 
Sedulous defender of Christ, 
Head of the Holy Family, 
Joseph most just, 
Joseph most chaste, 
Joseph most prudent, 


‘sn s0f Avid 


— 


438 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF ST. JOSEPH 


Joseph most valiant, 
Joseph most obedient, 
Joseph most faithful, 
Miurror of patience, 

Lover of poverty, 

Model of workers, 
Ornament of domestic life, 
Protector of virgins, 

Pillar of families, 


Consolation of the afflicted, 


Hope of the sick, 

Patron of the dying, 
Terror of the demons, 
Protector of holy Church, 


Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins 


world, spare us, O Lord! 


Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the | 
world, graciously hear us, O Lord! 


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Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 


world, have mercy on us. 
V. He made him master of his house. 
R. And ruler of all his possessions. 


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GOD, Who in Thy ineffable providence didst _ 
vouchsafe to choose blessed Joseph to be the — 


spouse of Thy most holy Mother; 


grant, we 


beseech Thee, that we may have him whom we 
venerate as our protector on earth, as our inter- 
cessor in heaven. Who livest and reignest for- 


ever and ever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, applicable to the souls in Purgatory. 


— Prius X. March 18, 1909.) 


DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF ST. JOSEPH 439 


EVOUT EXERCISE IN HONOR OF THE SEVEN 
SORROWS AND SEVEN JOYS OF ST. JOSEPH 


I 


URE Spouse of most holy Mary, glorious 
“St. Joseph, the trouble and anguish of thy 
eart were great when, being in sore perplexity, 
hou wast minded to put away thy stainless 
pouse; yet was thy joy inexpressible when the 
rchangel revealed to thee the sublime mystery 
f the Incarnation. 

By this thy sorrow and thy joy, we pray thee 
omfort our souls now and in their Jast pains 
vith the consolation of a well spent life, and a 
ioly death, like unto thine own, with Jesus and 
Mary at our side. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory 
ie to the Fatber, etc. 


2 


OST blessed Patriarch, glorious St. Joseph, 
chosen to the office of father of the Word 
nade man, the pain was keen that thou didst feel 
when thou didst see the infant Jesus born in 
abject poverty; but thy pain was changed into 
heavenly joy when thou didst hear the harmony 
of angel choirs, and behold the glory of that night. 
By this thy sorrow and thy joy, we pray thee, 
obtain for us that, when the journey of our life 
is ended, we too may pass to that blessed land 
where we shall hear the angel-chants, and rejoice 
in the bright light of heavenly glory. Our Father, 
Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


440 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF ST. JOSEPH 


a. 
THOU who wast ever most obedient 1 
executing the law of God, glorious St. Joseph 
thy heart was pierced with pain when the Preciou 
Blood of the infant Saviour was shed at His cir 
cumcision; but with the Name of Jesus new lif 
and heavenly joy returned to thee. 

By this thy sorrow and thy joy, obtain for us 
that, being freed, while we still live, from every 
vice, we too may cheerfully die with the sweet 
Name of Jesus in our hearts and on our lips. Ow 


Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


4. 

(pest faithful Saint, glorious St. Joseph, whi 

wast admitted to take part in the redemp 
tion of man; the prophecy of Simeon foretellin; 
the sufferings of Jesus and Mary caused thee . 
pang like that of death but, at the same time, b 
this prediction of the salvation and gloriou 
resurrection of innumerable souls, filled thee wit 
great joy. 

By this thy sorrow and thy joy, help us wit 
thy prayers to be of the number of those wh« 
by the merits of Jesus and the intercession « 
His Virgin Mother, shall be partakers of tk 
resurrection to glory. Our Father, Hail Mar 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 


DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF ST. JOSEPH 44I 









5. 

OST watchful Guardian, glorious St. Joseph, 
who wast so intimately familiar with the 
mearnate Son of God, greatly thou didst toil to 
urture and to serve the Son of the Most High, 
specially in the flight thou madest with Him 
mto Egypt; greatly also didst thou rejoice to 
ave God Himself always with thee, and to see 
the overthrow of the idols of Egypt. 

By this thy sorrow and thy joy, obtam for us 
grace to keep far out of the reach of the enemy 
of our souls, by quitting all dangerous occasions, 
that so no idol of earthly affection may any longer 
occupy a place in our hearts, but that, being 
entirely devoted to the service of Jesus and Mary, 
we may live and die for them alone. Our Father, 


Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


6 


NGEL on earth, glorious St. Joseph, who 
| didst so wonder to see the King of heaven 
obedient to thy bidding, the consolation thou 
hadst at His return from Egypt was disturbed 
by the fear of Archelaus, but nevertheless, being 
reassured by the angel, thou didst go back and 
dwell happily at Nazareth, in the company of 
Jesus and Mary. 

By this thy sorrow and thy joy, obtain for us 
that, having our heart freed from idle fears, we 
may enjoy the peace of a tranquil conscience, 
dwelling safely with Jesus and Mary and dying 
at last in their arms. Our Father, Hail Mary, 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 





442 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF ST. JOSEPH 


7: 
XAMPLE of holy living, glorious St. Joseph, 
when through no fault of thine, thou didst 
lose Jesus, the holy Child, thou didst search for 
Him with great sorrow for three days, until with 
joy unspeakable thou didst find Him, who was 
thy life, amidst the doctors in the Temple. 

By this thy sorrow and thy joy, we pray thee 
with our whole hearts so to interpose always in 
our behalf, that we may never lose Jesus by mortal 
sin, and if we are at any time so wretched as to 
lose Him, lead us back with unwearied sorrow 
until we find Him, particularly in the hour of our 
death, that we may pass from this life to enjoy 
Him forever in heaven, there to sing with thee 
His divine mercies forever and ever. Our Father, 
Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 

Ant. Jesus Himself was about thirty years old, 
being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph. 

V. Pray for us, holy Joseph. 

R. That we may be made worthy of the prom- 
ises of Christ. 


Let us Pray 
GOD, Who in Thy ineffable providence didst 


vouchsafe to choose blessed Joseph to be the 
spouse of Thy most holy Mother; grant, we 
beseech Thee, that we may have him whom we 
venerate as our protector on earth, as our inter- 
cessor in heaven. Who livest and reignest for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day; 300 days on every 
Wednesday. — Prus IX. March 22, 1847.) 


DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF ST. JOSEPH 443 


PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH, PATRON OF THE 
UNIVERSAL CHURCH 


QO GLORIOUS St. Joseph, selected by God to 

be the foster-father of Jesus, the most pure 
spouse of Mary, ever Virgin, and head of the Holy 
Family; therefore chosen by Christ’s vicar as the 
heavenly patron and protector of the Church 
founded by Christ; with the greatest confidence 
I now implore thy powerful assistance for the 
whole Church militant. Protect in an especial 
manner, with thy truly fatherly love, the Sover- 
eign Pontiff and all bishops and priests united 
with the See of Peter. Be the protector of those 
who labor for souls amid the trials and tribula- 
tions of this life, and grant that all the people 
of the earth may submit with docility to that 
Church which is the necessary means of salvation 
for all. 

Deign also, dear St. Joseph, to accept the con- 
secration which I make of myself to thee. I 
dedicate myself to thy service, that thou mayest 
be ever my father, my protector and my guide 
in the way of salvation. Obtain for me great 
purity of heart and a fervent love for the interior 
life. Grant that, after thy example, all my actions 
may be directed to the greater glory of God in 
union with the divine Heart of Jesus, the im- 
maculate heart of Mary, and thy own. Finally, 
pray for me, that I may participate in the peace 
and joy which thou didst enjoy in thy holy death. 
Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. July 18, 1886.) 


444 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF ST. JOSEPH 


INDULGENCED EJACULATIONS IN HONOR 
OF ST. JOSEPH 
RANT, O holy Joseph, that, ever secure under 
thy protection, we may pass our lives with- 
out sin. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.-~- Leo XIII. March 18, 
1882.) 


St. Joseph, foster-father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and true spouse of Mary ever Virgin, pray 
for us. 


(Ind. of 300 days, onceaday,—Leo XIII. May 15, 1891.) 


St. Joseph, model and patron of those who love 
the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us, 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. Dec. 19, 1891.) 









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Devotions in Honor of the Saints 


THE LITANY OF THE SAINTS 


ORD, have mercy on us. 
Christ, have mercy on us. 
Lord, have mercy on us. 
Christ, hear us. 
Christ, graciously hear us. 


God, the Father of heaven, 

God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, 
God, the Holy Ghost, 

Holy Trinity, one God, 


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Holy Mary, 

Holy Mother of God, 

Holy Virgin of virgins, 

St. Michael, 

St. Gabriel, 

St. Raphael, 

All ye holy Angels and Archangels, 


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440 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 
All ye holy orders of blessed Spirits 
St. John the Baptist, 


St. Joseph, 

All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, 
St. Peter, 

St. Paul, 

St. Andrew, 

St. James, 

St. John, 

St. Thomas, 

St. James, 

St. Philip, 

St. Bartholomew, 

St. Matthew, 

St. Simon, 

St. Thaddeus, 

St. Matthias, 

St. Barnabas, 

St. Luke, 

St. Mark, 

All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, 
All ye holy Disciples of the Lord, 
All ye holy Innocents, 

St. Stephen, 

St. Lawrence, 

St. Vincent, 

SS. Fabian and Sebastian, 

SS. John and Paul, 


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S. Cosmas and Damian, 
SS. Gervase and Protase, 
All ye holy Martyrs, 


St. Sylvester, 

St. Gregory, 

St. Ambrose, 

St. Augustine, 

St. Jerome, 

St. Martin, 

St. Nicholas, 

All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, 
All ye holy Doctors, | 


St. Anthony, 
St. Benedict, 
St. Bernard, 


St. Dominic, 

St. Francis, 

All ye holy Priests and Levites, 
All ye holy Monks and Hermits, 
St. Mary Magdalen, 


St. Agatha, 

St. Lucy, 

St. Agnes, 

St. Cecilia, 

St. Catherine, 

St. Anastasia, 

All ye holy Virgins and Widows, 


447 


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448 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 


All ye holy men and women, Saints of God, 

Make intercession for us. 

Be merciful, 

Spare us, O Lord. 

Be merciful, 

Graciously hear us, O Lord. 

From all evil, 

From all sin, 

From Thy wrath, 

From sudden and unprovided death, 

From the snares of the devil, 

From anger, and hatred, and all iI-will, 

From the spirit of fornication, 

From the scourge of earthquake, 

From plague, famine and war, 

From lightning and tempest, 

From everlasting death, 

Through the mystery of Thy holy Incarna- 
tion, 

Through Thy coming, 

Through Thy birth, 

Through Thy baptism and holy fasting, 

Through the institution of the most Blessed 
Sacrament, 

Through Thy cross and passion, 

Through Thy death and burial, 

Through Thy holy resurrection, 

Through Thine admirable ascension, 

Through the coming of the Holy Ghost the 
Paraclete, 

In the day of judgment, 


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DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 449 


We sinners 

That Thou wouldst spare us, 

That Thou wouldst pardon us, 

“hat Thou wouldst bring us to true penance, 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to govern and 
preserve Thy holy Church, 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to preserve our 
Apostolic Prelate and all orders of the 
Church in holy religion, 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to humble the 
enemies of holy Church, 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give peace 
and true concord to Christian kings and 
princes, 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant peace 
and unity to the whole Christian world, 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring back 
to the unity of the Church all those who 
have strayed away, and lead to the light of 
the Gospel all unbelievers, 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to confirm 
and preserve us in Thy holy service, 

That Thou wouldst lift up our minds to 
heavenly desires, 

That Thou wouldst render eternal blessings 
to all our benefactors, 

That Thou wouldst deliver our souls, and 
the souls of our brethren, relatives, and 
benefactors from eternal damnation, 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give and 
preserve the fruits of the earth, 

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant 
eternal rest to all the faithful departed, 





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450 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 


That Thou wouldst vouchsafe graciously to hear 
us, We beseech Thee, bear us. 

Son of God, We beseech Thee, hear us. | 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, spare us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, graciously hear us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the 
world, have mercy on us. 

Christ, hear us. 

Christ, graciously hear us. 

Lord, have mercy on us. ' 

Christ, have mercy on us. 

Lord, have mercy on us. 
Our Father (inaudibly). 
V. And lead us not into temptation. 
R. But deliver us from evil. 


(Psalm LXIX) 


OME unto my help, O God: O Lord, make 
haste to help me. 

Let them be ashamed and put to confusion 
that seek after my soul: 

Let them be turned backward and blush for 
shame that wish me evil. 

Let them be presently turned away blushing 
for shame that say to me: ’Tis well, ’tis well. 

Let all those that seek Thee rejoice, and be 
glad in Thee: and let such as love Thy salvation 
say always, The Lord be magnified. 

But I am poor and needy: help me, O God. 

Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, 
make no delay. 





DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 451 


Glory be to the Father, etc. 

| V. Save Thy servants. 

| R. O my God, who put their trust in Thee. 
V. Be unto us, O Lord, a tower of strength. 
R. From the face of the enemy. 
V. Let not the enemy prevail against us. 

R. Nor the son of iniquity draw nigh to hurt 
V. 
R 


. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. 


. Neither reward us according to our 
niquities. 

V. Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff, N. 

R. The Lord preserve him and give him life, 
and make him blessed upon the earth; and deliver 
him not up to the will of his enemies. 
V. Let us pray for our benefactors. 
R. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to reward with eternal 
life all those who do us good, for Thy Name’s 
sake. Amen. 

V. Let us pray for the faithful departed. 

R. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and 
let perpetual light shine upon them. 

V. May they rest in peace. 

R. Amen. 

V. For our absent brethren. 

R. Save Thy servants, O my God, who put 
their trust in Thee. 

V. Send them help, O Lord, from Thy holy 
place. 
R. And defend them out of Sion. 
V. O Lord, hear my prayer. 
R. And Jet my cry come unto Thee. 






452 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Whose property is always to have 

mercy and to spare: graciously receive our 
supplication; that we, and all Thy servants whom 
the chain of sin doth bind, may, by the compas- 
sion of Thy loving kindness, be mercifully ab- 
solved. 

Graciously hear; we beseech Thee, O Lord, the 
prayers of Thy humble servants, and forgive the 
sins of those who confess to Thee; that, in Thy 
bounty, Thou mayest grant us both pardon and 
peace. 

Show forth upon us, O Lord, in Thy mercy, 
Thine unspeakable pity; that Thou mayest both 
loose us from all our sins, and deliver us from the 
punishments which we deserve for the same. 

O God, Who by sin art offended, and by pen- 
ance appeased: look graciously down upon the 
prayers of Thy people making supplication tc 
Thee, and turn away the scourges of Thy wrath 
which for our sins we deserve. 

Almighty, everlasting God, have mercy upor 
Thy servant N., our Sovereign Pontiff, and direct 
him, according to Thy mercy, in the way of ever- 
Jasting salvation; that by Thy gift he may desir 
such things as please Thee, and may fulfil then 
with all his strength. 

O God, from Whom are holy desires, righ 
counsels, and just works: give unto Thy servant 
that peace which the world cannot give; tha 
our hearts being given to the keeping of Th 
commandments, and the fear of enemies bein; 








DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 453 


removed, our days, by Thy protection, may be 
peaceful. 

Inflame, O Lord, our reins and our hearts with 
'the fire of the Holy Ghost; that we may serve 
Thee with a chaste body, and please Thee with 
a pure mind. 

O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the 
faithful, grant unto the souls of Thy servants 
and handmaids remission of all their sins; that 
through our pious supplications they may obtain 
the pardon which they have always desired. 

Direct, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our actions 
by Thy inspiration, and further them with Thy 
continual help; that every prayer and work of 
ours may always begin from Thee, and through 
Thee be brought to an end. 

Almighty, everlasting God, Who hast dominion 
over the living and the dead, and showest mercy 
unto all whom Thou foreknowest will be Thine 
by faith and works: we humbly beseech Thee 
that they for whom we have resolved to pour 
forth our prayers, whether this present world 
still detain them in the flesh, or the world to come 
hath already received them stripped of their 
bodies, may, by the grace of Thy fatherly love, and 
through the intercession of all the saints, obtain 
the remission of all their sins. Through our Lord 
Jesus Christ, etc. 

R. Amen. 

V. O Lord, hear my prayer. 

R. And let my cry come unto Thee. 


454 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 


V. May the almighty and merciful Lord 
graciously hear us. 

R. Amen. 

V. And may the souls of the faithful departed, 
through the mercy of God, rest in peace. 

R. Amen. 


PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL, ARCHANGEL 
OLY archangel Michael, defend us in battle, 


that we may not perish in the tremendous 
day of judgment. 4 
(Ind. of 100 days, once a day.—Leo XIII. Aug. 19, 1893.) 


PRAYER TO ST. RAPHAEL, ARCHANGEL 
LORIOUS Archangel, St. Raphael, great 


prince of the heavenly court, illustrious by 
thy gifts of wisdom and grace, guide of travelers 
by land and sea, consoler of the unfortunate and 
refuge of sinners, I entreat thee to help me in all 
my needs and in all the trials of this life, as thou 
didst once assist the young Tobias in his journey- 
ing. And since thou art the “‘physician of God,” 
I humbly pray thee to heal my soul of its many 
infirmities and my body of the ills that afflict rt, 
if this favor is for my greater good. I ask, 
especially, for angelic purity, that I may be made 


fit to be the living temple of the Holy Ghost. 


Amen. 
(Ind. of 100 days. — Leo XIII. June 21, 1890.) 





DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 455 
PRAYER TO ST. ANNE 


ITH a heart full of sincere filial veneration, 
I prostrate myself before thee, O blessed 
t. Anne. Thou art that beloved and privileged 
reature who, because of thy extraordinary virtue 
d sanctity, didst deserve of God that chief of 
races of giving life to the treasury of grace, the 
essed among women, the Mother of the incar- 
te Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary. 
Ah! in consideration of such exalted favors 
ign, O most tender saint, to recerve me among 
ne number of thy truly devoted servants, for 
ich I protest myself to be and wish to remain 
yr the rest of my life. Surround me with thy 
ficacious patronage, and obtain for me from God 
je imitation of those virtues with which thou 
vert so profusely adorned. Obtain for me a 
nowledge of my sins and sorrow for them; an 
rdent love for Jesus and Mary; a faithful and 
onstant observance of the duties of my state of 
fe. Save me from all dangers in life and assist 
ye at the hour of my death, that I may safely 
each paradise, there to praise with thee, most 
iappy mother, the Word of God, made man in 
he womb of thy most pure daughter, the Blessed 
Virgin Mary. Amen. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, 


tc. (three times). 










(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Leo XIII. March 20, 
886.) 


456 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 


PRAYER IN HONOR OF ONE’S PATRON 
SAINT | 


HEAVENLY one, whose name I am priv- 

ileged to bear, ever intercede for me before 
the throne of God that He fortify me in faith, 
strengthen me in virtue, and protect me in con- 
flict, so that, victorious over the wicked enemy, 
[ may attaim to everlasting glory. Amen. 


PRAYER ON A SAINT’S DAY 
RANT, we beseech Thee, almighty God, tha: 


the examples of Saint may effectually 
move us to reform our lives; that while we cele 
brate his festival, we may also imitate his actions 
Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 





OOK upon our weakness, almighty Goc 

and since the burden of our own deed 
weighs heavily upon us, may the glorious inte! 
cession of Saint protect us. Through Chris 
our Lord. Amen. 





PRAYERS TO ST. DOMINIC 
I 


Y Lord Jesus Christ, Who didst found tl} 

Church with Thy Precious Blood, and I} 
the preaching of the Apostles didst establis 
propagate and extend it throughout the whc? 
world, and thereafter didst commission the hey 
patriarch Dominic to adorn, illustrate, and defe: 














DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 457 


t with the splendour of his merits and doctrine; 
xraciously hear the prayers which this apostolic 
nan incessantly offers to Thee for the increase 
f her treasures, both spiritual and temporal. 


Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


II 
OST merciful Redeemer, Who didst choose 


as Thy fellow labourer for the salvation 
of souls St. Dominic, who by his zeal, aided by 
Thy grace, gained over to the Church so many 
heretics who had been Jost to her, and so many 
inners who had grieved her by their obstinacy; 
lsend, O my God, ever fresh labourers into Thy 
ineyard to work for Thy glory, and gather in 
the fruits of eternal life. Our Father, Hail Mary, 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 


| {II 
GOOD Jesus, Who didst delight to see 


| St. Dominic prostrate every night before 
Thy altar, adoring Thee hidden m the most holy 
Sacrament with most lively faith, and offering 
up, now groans, now prayers, now penances on 
behalf of the Church, at that time persecuted by 
her enemies and profaned by her servants; defend 
this Thy Spouse through the imtercession of 
St. Dominic from the outrages and plots of the 
linfernal enemy of mankind. Our Father, Hail 
Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 

V. Pray for us, St. Dominic. 

R. That we may be made worthy of the prom- 
ises of Christ. 





458 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 


Let us Pray 
RANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that 


we who are weighed down by the burden of 
our sins may be raised up by the patronage of 
Thy blessed confessor Dominic. ‘Through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. Plenary once a month. 
— Leo XIII. July 21, 1883.) 


PRAYER TO ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 
Patron of Schools 


ANGELIC Doctor St. Thomas, prince of 

theologians and model of philosophers, bright 
ornament of the Christian world and light of the 
Church; O heavenly patron of all Catholic 
schools, who didst Jearn wisdom without guile 
and dost communicate it without envy, intercede 
for us with the Son of God, Wisdom itself, that 
the spirit of wisdom may descend upon us, and 
enable us to understand clearly that which thou 
hast taught, and fulfil it by imitating thy deeds; to 
become partakers of that doctrine and virtue which 
caused thee to shine like the sun on earth; and 
at Iast to rejoice with thee forever in their most 
sweet fruits i heaven, together praising the 
Divine Wisdom for all eternity. Amen. 


(Ind. of 200 days, once a day.— Leo XIII. July 3, 1885.) 


DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 459 


DEVOUT EXERCISE OF THE SIX SUNDAYS 
IN HONOR OF ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA 











(A plenary indulgence on each of the six Sundays which 
are wont to be kept in honor of this saint, either immedi- 
ately before his feast, on June 21, or at any other time of 
the year. In order to gain this plenary indulgence it is 
requisite to keep the six Sundays consecutively; and on 
zach of them, after confession and communion, to employ 
one’s self in pious meditations or vocal prayers, or other 
works of Christian piety, in honor of the saint. — CLEMENT 
XII. Dec. 11, 1739; Jan. 7, 1740.) 


PRAYER TO ST. ALOYSIUS 
BLESSED Aloysius, adorned with angelic 


graces, I, thy most unworthy suppliant, rec- 
ommend specially to thee the chastity of my soul 
and body, praying thee by thy angelic purity te 
plead for me with Jesus Christ, the immaculate 
Lamb, and His most holy Mother, Virgin of 
virgins, that they would vouchsafe to keep me 
from all grievous sim. O never let me be defiled 
lwith any stain of impurity; but when thou dost 
lsee me in temptation, or in danger of falling, then 
remove far from my heart all bad thoughts and 
unclean desires, and awaken in me the memory 
of eternity to come and of Jesus crucified; im- 
|press deeply in my heart a sense of the holy fear 
lof God; and thus, kindling m me the fire of divine 
love, enable me so to follow thy footsteps here 
on earth that, in heaven with thee, I may be 
made worthy to enjoy the vision of our God 
forever. Amen. 


Our Father, Hail Mary, etc. 
(Ind. of 100 days, once a day.—Prus VII. March 6, 1802.) 


460 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 


THE THIRTEEN TUESDAYS, OR THIRTEEN 
SUNDAYS, IN HONOR OF ST. ANTHONY 


(His Holiness, Leo XIII, by a brief of March 1, 1898, 
granted to the faithful, who, on thirteen successive Tues- 
days or as many successive Sundays, once only, at any 
time during the year, shall spend some time in pious 
meditation, or vocal prayers, or any other works of piety, 
to the glory of God and in honor of St. Anthony of Padua, 
on the usual conditions of confession and communion, 
a plenary indulgence on each of the said Tuesdays or 
Sundays.) 


REQUEST TO ST. ANTHONY 
WONDERFUL St. Anthony, glorious on 


account of the fame of thy miracles, and 
through the condescension of Jesus in coming in 
the form of a little child to repose in thy arms; 
obtain for me of His bounty the grace which I 
ardently desire from the depths of my heart. 
Thou who wast so compassionate toward miser- 
able sinners, regard not the unworthiness of those 
who pray to thee, but the glory of God, that it 
may be once again magnified by thee, to the 
salvation of my soul, in connection with the 
particular request which I now ask for with per- 
severing earnestness. May this small offering of 
pence, which I make to thee in aid of the poor, be 
a pledge of my gratitude, and with them may it 
one day be granted to me, through the grace of 
Jesus Christ and thy intercession, to possess the 
kingdom of heaven. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Leo XIII. May 6, 1899.) 





DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 461 
DEVOTIONS TO ST. RITA OF CASCIA 


NT. Come, O spouse of Christ, recetve the 
crown which the Lord hath prepared for 
thee forever. Thou hast loved justice and hated 
iniquity; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed 
thee with the oil of gladness above thy 
companions. 
V. Pray for us, blessed Rita. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the prom- 
_ises of Christ. 


Let us Pray 


GOD, Who didst vouchsafe to confer on 

holy Rita so great a grace that she was able 
to Jove her enemies and to bear, both in her heart 
and on her brow, the signs of Thy love and of 
Thy sufferings, grant, we beseech Thee, that by 
her merits and prayers we may so forgive our 
enemies and contemplate Thy sorrowful Passion, 
as to obtain the rewards promised to the meek 
and to them that mourn. Who livest and reignest 
forever and ever. Amen. 


INDULGENCED PRAYER TO ST. RITA 
GLORIOUS St. Rita! Thou who didst so 


wonderfully participate in the Passion of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, obtain for me the grace 
to suffer with patience the pains of this life, and 
protect me in all my needs, 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Pius X. July 30, 1906.) 


462 DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 
ASPIRATIONS TO ST. RITA 


LORIOUS St. Rita, please obtain for me the 
grace faithfully to fulfil the duties of my 
state in life. 

Glorious St. Rita, please obtain for me the 
grace to be satisfied with the Jot in life to which 
God has called me. 

Glorious St. Rita, please obtain for me thy 
spirit of patience and strength in adversity. 

Glorious St. Rita, obtain for me entire detach- 
ment from the things of this world and fix all 
my affections and desires on heavenly treasures. 

Glorious St. Rita, please obtain for me health 
of soul and body. 

Glorious St. Rita, advocate of the impossible 


and patroness of desperate cases, please obtain | 


the favors I ask through thee. 


PRAYER TO SHUR THERESE 
The Little Flower of Jesus 


HOU servant of God, Saint Thérése of the 

Child Jesus, who in thy dying moments didst 
say: “I will spend my heaven in doing good 
upon earth,’’ hasten to let fall upon me a Shower 
of Roses that I too may be inflamed with that 
fire of love which burned so brilliantly in thy 
breast and which brought thee so gloriously to 
the arms of Jesus, my Lord and my God. Amen. 





DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS 463 
PRAYER TO ST. VINCENT FERRER 
GLORIOUS Apostle and worker of miracles, 


St. Vincent Ferrer, a new angel of the Apoca- 
lypse and our kind protector, receive our humble 
prayers and obtain for us a copious shower of 
divine favours. By that love with which thy 
heart was inflamed, obtain for us from the Father 
of mercies the pardon of all our sins, confirma- 
tion in the faith, and perseverance in good works; 
so that living as good and fervent Christians we 
may become worthy of thy powerful patronage. 
Extend thy patronage also to our bodies, and 
free us from our infirmities. Protect our lands 
from the violence of tempest and hail, and keep 
misfortune far from us. Thus, blessed by thee 
in the goods of soul and body, we shall be ever 
devout to thee, and one day see thee in heaven, 
there with thee to praise God forever and ever. 
Amen. 


(Ind. of 200 days, once aday.—Leo XIII. Sept. 17, 1887.) 





464 PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING 


Prapers for the Living 


PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE 
CHURCH 


HOLY Spirit, Creator, propitiously help the | 

Catholic Church, and by Thy heavenly 
power strengthen and confirm it against the 
assaults of the enemy; by Thy charity and grace 
renew the spirit of Thy servants whom Thou hast 
anointed, that in Thee they may glorify the 
Father and His only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen, 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—LeEo XIII. Aug. 26, 1889.) 


PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH FOR THE CHURCH 


O thee, O blessed Joseph, we have recourse 
in our affliction, and, having implored the 
help of thy thrice-holy spouse, we now with hearts 
filled with confidence earnestly beg thee also to 
take us under thy protection. By that charity 
wherewith thou wert united to the immaculate 
Virgin Mother of God, and by that fatherly love 
with which thou didst cherish the Child Jesus, 
we beseech thee and we humbly pray that thou 
wilt look down with gracious eye upon that in- 
heritance which Jesus Christ purchased by His 
Blood, and wilt succor us in our need by thy power 
and strength. 
Defend, O most watchful guardian of the Holy 
Family, the chosen offspring of Jesus Christ. 













PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING 465 


Keep from us, O most loving father, all blight 
of error and corruption. Aid us from on high, 

ost valiant defender, in this conflict with the 
powers of darkness; and as thou didst once 
rescue the Child Jesus from great peril to His 
life, so now defend God’s holy Church from the 
snares of the enemy and all adversity. Finally, 
shield every one of us with thy patronage, that, 
imitating thy example and strengthened by thy 
help, we may live a holy life, die a happy death, 
and attain to everlasting happiness in heaven. 
Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Leo XIII. Sept. 21, 1887.) 


PRAYER FOR THE POPE 


i Wee us pray for our Pontiff, Pope, N. 

R. The Lord preserve him and give him 
life, and make him blessed upon earth, and deliver 
him not up to the will of his enemies. Our Father, 


Hail Mary, etc. 
(Ind. of 300 days. — Pius 1X. Nov. 26, 1876.) 


PRAYER FOR ALL DEGREES OF MEN IN 
THE CHURCH 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by Whose 

Spirit the whole body of the Church is 
sanctified and governed; mercifully hear our 
humble supplications for all degrees and orders 
therein; that, by the gift of Thy grace, all in 
their several stations may faithfully serve Thee. 
Through Christ our Lord, Amen. 


466 PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING 


PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH, THE CIVIL 
AUTHORITIES, ETC. 


Composed by Archbishop Carroll, A.D. 1800 


E pray Thee, O almighty and eternal God, 
Who through Jesus Christ hast revealed Thy | 
glory to all nations, to preserve the works of Thy 
mercy; that Thy Church, being spread through 
the whole world, may continue, with unchanging 
faith, in the confession of Thy name. 

We pray Thee, Who alone art good and holy, 
to endow with heavenly knowledge, sincere zeal, 
and sanctity of life our Holy Father, Pope, N., 
the Vicar of our Lord Jesus Christ in the govern- 
ment of His Church; our own Bishop, (or Arch- 
bishop,) N. (if be is not consecrated, our Bishop-. 
elect); all other Bishops, prelates, and pastors 
of the Church; and especially those who are 
appointed to exercise among us the functions 
of the holy ministry, and conduct Thy people 
into the ways of salvation. 

We pray Thee, O God of might, wisdom, and 
Justice, through Whom authority is rightly ad- 
ministered, laws are enacted, and judgment 
decreed, assist, with Thy Holy Spirit of counsel 
and fortitude, the President of these United 
States, that his administration may be conducted 
in righteousness, and be eminently useful to Thy 
people, over whom he presides, by encouraging 
due respect for virtue and religion; by a faithful 
execution of the laws in justice and mercy; and 
by restraining vice and immorality. Let the 
light of Thy divine wisdom direct the delibera- 





PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING 407 


tions of Congress, and shine forth in all the 
proceedings and laws framed for our rule and 
government; so that they may tend to the pres- 
ervation of peace, the promotion of national 
|happiness, the increase of industry, sobriety, and 
juseful knowledge, and may perpetuate to us the 
blessings of equal liberty. 
We pray for his Excellency the Governor of 
this State, for the members of the Assembly, for 
all Judges, Magistrates, and other officers who 
are appointed to guard our political welfare; that 
they may be enabled, by Thy powerful protec- 
tion, to discharge the duties of their respective 
stations with honesty and ability. 
We recommend likewise to Thy unbounded 
mercy all our brethren and fellow-citizens, 
throughout the United States, that they may be 
blessed in the knowledge, and sanctified in the 
observance of Thy most holy law; that they may 
be preserved in union, and in that peace which 
the world cannot give; and, after enjoying the 
blessings of this life, be admitted to those which 
are eternal. 

Finally, we pray Thee, O Lord of mercy, to 
remember the souls of Thy servants departed who 
are gone before us with the sign of faith, and 
repose in the sleep of peace: the souls of our 
parents, relatives, and friends; of those who, 
when living, were members of this congregation; 
and particularly of such as are lately deceased; 
of all benefactors who, by their donations or 
legacies to this Church, witnessed their zeal for 
the decency of divine worship, and proved their 





468 PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING 


claim to our grateful and charitable remembrance, 
To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, 
grant, we beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, 
light, and everlasting peace, through the same 
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR RELATIVES 
EFEND, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the 


intercession of the blessed Mary ever Virgin, 
this Thy family from all adversity; and merci- 
fully protect us, now prostrate before Thee with 
our whole hearts, from all the snares of our 
enemies. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR BENEFACTORS 


ONDESCEND, O Lord, to reward with a 
Jong life all those who help us for the glory 
of Thy name. Amen. 


(Ind. of 50 days, twice a day.— Leo XIII. Dec. 17, 
1892.) 


PRAYER FOR OUR FRIENDS 


GOD, Who by the grace of the Holy Spirit, 

hast poured into the hearts of Thy faithful 
the gifts of charity; grant to Thy servants, for 
whom we implore Thy mercy, health both of 
body and soul; that they may love Thee with 
all their strength, and cheerfully perform those 
things which are pleasing unto Thee. Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING 409 
PRAYER FOR OUR ENEMIES 
QC) GOD, the lover and preserver of peace and 


charity: grant unto all our enemies peace 
and true charity; give them remission of all their 
sins, and by Thy power deliver us from their 
snares. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR THE TEMPTED AND AFFLICTED 


GOD, Who justifiest the ungodly, and willest 
: not the death of a sinner: we humbly en- 
| treat Thy majesty to protect Thy servants, who 
trust in Thy mercy, with Thy heavenly assistance, 
and preserve them by Thy continual protection; 
that they may constantly serve Thee, and by no 
temptation be separated from Thee. Amen. 


: PRAYER FOR THOSE IN ANY DANGER 





) GOD, the singular protector of human weak- 
: ness, hear, we beseech Thee, the prayers we 
humbly offer for those who are in peril, that 
Thou mayest save them from sin, and bring 
them into safety. Through Christ our Lord. 
- Amen. 


PRAYER FOR HERETICS AND UNBELIEVERS 


ORD Jesus, most merciful Saviour of the 
world, we humbly beseech Thee, by Thy 
most Sacred Heart, that all the sheep who stray 
out of Thy fold, as well as those who are held by 
the darkness of error, may be converted to Thee, 
the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls Who livest 
and reignest with God the Father in the unity 
of the Holy Ghost, forever and ever. Amen. 


470 PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING 


PRAYER FOR THE CONVERSION OF 
UNBELIEVERS 


HOLY Spirit of truth, we beseech Thee to 

enlighten the minds of unbelievers in the 
midst of us; to incline their hearts to love Thy 
word, and to believe the teachings of Thy Church; 
give them courage to accept the faith and openly 
profess it; that they may come into union with 
Thee and the Father, through Christ our Lord, 
Who liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen. 


Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 
(Ind. of 40 days. — Pius IX. Nov. 14, 1847.) 


PRAYER FOR SINNERS 


LMIGHTY and eternal God, Who seekest 
not the death but the life of sinners, Who 
wouldst save all and have none to perish, merci- 
fully hear our prayers on behalf of those who are 
dead in sin and grant that they may repent and 
live again in Thy grace. Through Christ our 


Lord. Amen. 








PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND DYING 471 


Prapers for the Sick and Dying 
PRAYER FOR THE SICK 
eee and eternal God, the everlasting 


Salvation of them that believe, hear us on 
behalf of Thy sick servant, N., for whom we 
implore the aid of Thy pitying mercy, that, with 
his bodily health restored, he may give thanks to 
Thee in Thy church. Through Christ our Lord. 


Amen. 


PRAYER FOR A SICK PERSON NEAR 
DEATH 


Gr] MIGHTY and everlasting God, preserver 
of souls, Who dost correct those whom Thou 
dost love, and for their amendment dost tenderly 
chastise those Whom Thou dost receive, we call 
upon Thee, O Lord, to bestow Thy healing, that 
the soul of Thy servant, at the hour of its depart- 
ure from the body, may by the hands of Thy holy 
angels be presented without spot unto Thee. 
Amen. 


PRAYERS FOR THE DYING 


‘@) MY God, I offer Thee all the holy Masses 
which will be said this day throughout the 
whole world for poor sinners who are now in 
their death agony and who will die this day. 
May the Precious Blood of our Saviour Jesus 
Christ obtain for them mercy. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days. — Prus X. Dec. 18, 1907.) 


472 PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND DYING 


MOST merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I pray 
Thee by the agony of Thy most Sacred 
Heart, and by the sorrows of Thy immaculate 
Mother, wash in Thy Blood the sinners of the 
whole world who are now in their agony, and 
are to die this day. Amen. 
Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have mercy on 
the dying. 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prus IX. Feb. 2, 1850.) 


PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH FOR THE 
DYING 


VERLASTING Father, for the sake of the 
love which Thou didst bear to St. Joseph, 
whom Thou didst choose above all to occupy Thy 
place on earth, have mercy on us and on those 
who are dying. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be 
to the Father, etc. 


Everlasting Son of God, for the sake of Thy 
love toward St. Joseph, who didst protect Thee 
so faithfully on earth, have mercy on us and on 
those who are dymg. Our Father, Hail Mary, 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 


Everlasting Divine Spirit, for the sake of Thy 
love toward St. Joseph, who so carefully pro- 
tected Mary, Thy most holy and beloved spouse, 
have mercy on us and on those who are dying. 
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.— Leo XIII. May 17, 1884.) 


PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND DYING 473 
THE LITANY FOR THE DYING 
ORD, have mercy. 


Christ, have mercy. 
Lord, have mercy. 
Holy Mary, pray for him. 
All ye holy Angels and Archangels, 
Holy Abel, 
All ye Choirs of the Just, 
Holy Abraham, 
St. John the Baptist, 
St. Joseph, 
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, 
St. Peter, 
St. Paul, 
St. Andrew, 
St. John, 
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, 
All ye holy Disciples of the Lord, 
All ye holy Innocents, 
St. Stephen, 
St. Lawrence, 
All ye holy Martyrs, 
St. Sylvester, 
St. Gregory, 
St. Augustin, 
AIl ye holy Bishops and Confessors, 
St. Benedict, 
St. Francis, 
St. Camillus, 
St. John of God, 
AIl ye holy Monks and Hermits, 
St. Mary Magdalen, 
St. Lucy, 





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474 PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND DYING 


All ye holy Virgins and Widows, pray, etc. 
All ye holy Saints of God, 

Make intercession for him. 

Be merciful, 

Spare him, O Lord. 

Be merciful, 

O Lord, deliver him. 

Be merciful, 


O Lord, deliver him. 


From Thy wrath, 

From the peril of death, 

From an evil death, 

From the pains of hell, 

From all evil, 

From the power of the devil, 

Through Thy birth, 

Through Thy cross and passion, 

Through Thy death and burial, 

Through Thy glorious resurrection, 

Through Thme admirable ascension, 

Through the grace of the Holy Ghost the 
Comforter, 

In the day of judgment, 


We sinners, 

Beseech Thee, hear us. 
That Thou spare him, 
We beseech Thee, hear us. 
Lord, have mercy. 
Christ, have mercy. 

Lord, have mercy. , 


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PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND DYING 474 
A PRAYER TO OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 


To Be Said by the Dying Person, or by 
Another for Him. 


E adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee. 
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast 
redeemed the world. 


GOD, Who for the redemption of the world 

didst vouchsafe to be born, to be circum- 
cised, to be rejected by the Jews, to be betrayed 
with a kiss by the traitor Judas, to be bound 
with cords, to be led as an innocent Jamb to the 
slaughter, and in the sight of Annas, Caiphas, 
Pilate, and Herod, to be treated with mdignity, 
to be accused by false witnesses, to be afflicted 
with scourges and reproaches, to be spit upon, 
to be crowned with thorns, to be beaten with 
blows, to be struck with a reed, to have Thy face 
veiled, to be stripped of Thy garments, to be 
nailed to the cross and raised high thereon, to 
be ranked among thieves, to be offered gall and 
vinegar to drink, and to be pierced with a Iance: 
Do Thou, O Lord, by these Thy most holy pains, 
which I, though unworthy, now call to mind, and 
by Thy holy cross and death, deliver me (or this 
Thy servant, N.) from the pains of hell, and 
vouchsafe to lead me (or him) whither Thou 
didst lead the good thief who was crucified with 
Thee. Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, 


livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen. 


476 PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND DYING 


THREE DEVOUT PRAYERS USEFUL FOR 
THE DYING 


To be recited with three Our Fathers, and tbree Hail 
Marys in the agony of death. F irst is said: 


Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, 
have mercy. Our Father, Hail Mary. 


Let us Pray 


QO LORD Jesus Christ, by Thy most sacred | 


agony and by the prayer which Thou didst 
pour forth for us on the Mount of Olives, where 
Thy sweat became as drops of blood running 
down upon the earth, I beseech Thee to offer up 
the many drops of Thy bloody sweat, which in 
Thy fearful anguish Thou didst most abundantly 
shed for us, and graciously to present them to 
Thy almighty Father, to be set against the many 
sins of this Thy servant, N., and mercifully deliver 


him in this hour of his death from all the pains | 
and sufferings which he fears he may justly have > 


deserved for his sins. Who, with the Father and 
the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, God, forever 
and ever. Amen. 


A second time is said: 


Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, 


have mercy. Our Father, Hail Mary. 
LORD Jesus Christ, Who didst vouchsafe 


to die upon the cross for us, I beseech Thee | 
to offer up to Thy almighty Father all the bitter | 


pains and sufferings which Thou didst endure for 


us upon the cross, especially in that hour when 





PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND DYING 477 


Thy most holy soul quitted Thy most sacred 
body; and present them in behalf of this Thy 
servant, N., and deliver him in this hour of death 
from all the pains and sufferings which he fears 
he may justly have deserved for his sins. Who 
with the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and 
reignest God, forever and ever. Amen. 


A third time is said: 


Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, 
have mercy. Our Father, Hail Mary. 


LORD Jesus Christ, Who by the mouth of 

Thy prophet hast said: “With everlasting 
love, I have loved thee: therefore have I drawn 
thee graciously’: I beseech Thee to offer up this 
same love which drew Thee down from heaven 
to earth, there to endure all the bitterness of Thy 
passion, and present it to Thy almighty Father 
for the soul of this Thy servant, N., and deliver 
him from all the pains and sufferings which he 
fears he has deserved for his sins. And save his 
soul in this hour of his departure. Open unto 
him the gates of life, and make him to rejoice 
with Thy saints in glory everlasting. And do 
Thou, O most merciful Lord Jesus Christ, Who 
hast redeemed us by Thy most Precious Blood, 
have mercy on the soul of this Thy servant, and 
vouchsafe to introduce him into the ever green and 
pleasant places of paradise, that he may live unto 
Thee in undivided Jove, and never be separated 
from Thee and Thine elect. Who with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest God, 
forever and ever. Amen. 


478 PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD 


Wravers for the Mead 


By indulgences, prayers, good works, and especially ' 
by Masses heard or offered, we can help the souls in 
purgatory. Let us not deny this office of charity even 
to those who lived most holily. Nor should the passing 
years make us forget those we are bound to pray for. 


NINE DAYS’ PRAYER FOR ONE RECENTLY 
DECEASED 


(Ind. of 300 days, each day. — Pius IX. Jan. 5, 
1849.) 


For the First Day 


GOD, to Whom it belongs always to have 

mercy and to spare, we humbly beseech 
Thee for the soul of Thy servant, N., which Thou 
hast commanded to depart out of this world: 
that Thou deliver it not into the hands of the 
enemy, nor forget it unto the end; but command 
it to be recetved by Thy holy angels, and con- 
ducted into paradise, its true country; that, as 
in Thee it hath hoped and believed, it may not 
suffer the pains of hell, but may take possession 
of eternal joys. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Second Day 


O Thee, O Lord, do we command the soul 

of Thy servant, N., that being dead to the 

world he may live unto Thee; and whatsoever 

sins he has committed through the frailty of his 

mortal nature, do Thou, by the pardon of Thy 

most merciful love, wash away. Through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 





PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD 479 
For the Third Day 


E beseech Thee, O Lord, that Thou wouldst 

vouchsafe to grant fellowship with Thy 
saints and elect to the soul of Thy servant, N., 
whose departure we commemorate, and mayest 
‘Thou pour upon it the everlasting dew of Thy 
Grae Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


, For the Fourth Day 
1 CLINE Thine ear, O Lord, unto the prayers 


in which we suppliantly entreat Thy mercy; 
and do Thou establish, in a place of peace and 
rest, the soul of Thy servant, N., whom Thou 
hast bidden to pass out of this world, and unite 
him to the fellowship of Thy saints. Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Fifth Day 


BSOLVE, we beseech Thee,’O Lord, the 

soul of Thy servant, N., from every bond of 

sin, that, being raised in the glory of the Resur- 

rection, he may be refreshed among Thy saints 
and elect. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Sixth Day 


E beseech Thee, O Lord, by Thy loving 

kindness, to have mercy on the soul of Thy 
servant, N., and now, that he is released from 
the contagion of this mortal flesh, to give him 
part in Thine eternal salvation. Through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


480 PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD 


For the Seventh Day 


E implore Thee, O Lord, mercifully to grant 
companionship with the blessed in heaven 
to the soul of Thy servant, N., whose death we 
commemorate. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Eighth Day 


| O Lord, our prayers on behalf of 
the soul of Thy servant, N., that, if it is 
still soiled by any earthly stains, it may be 
purified by Thy merciful forgiveness. ‘Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Ninth Day 
Qe O Lord, we beseech Thee, this mercy 


unto Thy servant deceased, that, having in 
desire kept Thy will, he may not suffer in requital 
of his deeds: and as a true faith joined him unto 
the company of Thy faithful here below, so may) 
Thy tender mercy give him place above, among 
the angel choirs. Through Christ our Lord. | 
Amen. | 
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let 
perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in 
peace. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, each day of a novena for the souls in| 
purgatory. — Prius IX. Nov. 26, 1876.) 





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| PRAYERS FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY 481 


INDULGENCED PRAYERS FOR EVERY DAY 
IN THE WEEK FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY 


For Sunday 


LORD God almighty, I pray Thee by the 
Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus 
shed in the garden, deliver the souls in purgatory, 
and especially that soul among them all which is 
most destitute of spiritual aid; and vouchsafe to 
bring it to Thy glory, there to praise and bless 
Thee forever. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, 
De Profundis, etc. See page 289. 


For Monday 


LORD God almighty, I pray Thee by the 

Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus 
shed in His cruel scourging, deliver the souls in 
purgatory, and that soul especially among them 
all which is nearest to its entrance into Thy glory: 
that so it may forthwith begin to praise and bless 
Thee forever. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, 
De Profundis, etc. 


For Tuesday 


LORD God almighty, I pray Thee by the 
Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus 
shed in His bitter crowning with thorns, deliver 
the souls in purgatory, and in particular that one 


482 PRAYERS FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY 


among them all which would be the Iast to depart 
out of those pains, that It may not tarry so long — 
a time before it comes to praise Thee in Thy — 
glory and bless Thee forever. Amen. Our Father, 
Hail Mary, De Profundis, etc. 


For Wednesday 


LORD God almighty, I pray Thee by the 

_ Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus 
shed in the streets of Jerusalem, when He carried 
the cross upon His sacred shoulders, deliver the 
souls in purgatory, and especially that soul which 
is richest In merit before Thee: that so in that | 
throne of glory which awaits it, it may magnify 
Thee and bless Thee forever. Amen. Our Father, | 


Hail Mary, De Profundis, etc. 


For Thursday 


LORD God, almighty, I pray Thee by the 

Precious Body and Blood of Thy divine | 
Son Jesus, which He gave with His own hands 
upon the eve of His passion to His beloved 
apostles to be their meat.and drink, and which He 
Jeft to His whole Church to be a perpetual sacri- 
fice and the life giving food of His own faithful 
people, deliver the souls nm purgatory, and es- 
pecially that one which was most devoted to 
this mystery of infinite love, that it may with 





PRAYERS FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY 483 


Thy divine Son, and with Thy Holy Spirit, ever 
praise Thee for Thy love therein in eternal glory. 


Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, De Profundis, etc. 





For Friday 


LORD God almighty, I pray Thee by the 

Precious Blood which Thy divine Son shed 
on this day upon the wood of the cross, especially 
‘from His most sacred hands and feet, deliver the 
souls in purgatory, and in particular that soul for 
which I am most bound to pray: that no neglect 
of mine may hinder it from praising Thee in Thy 
glory and blessing Thee forever. Amen. Our 


Father, Hail Mary, De Profundis, etc. 


For Saturday 


LORD God almighty, I beseech Thee by the 

Precious Blood which gushed forth from the 
side of Thy divine Son Jesus in the sight of, and 
to the extreme pain of His most holy Mother, 
deliver the souls in purgatory, and especially that 
one among them all which was the most devout 
to her: that it may soon attain unto Thy glory, 
there to praise Thee in her and her in Thee, world 
withoutend. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, De 
Profundis, etc. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day.— Leo XII. Nov. 18, 1826.) 

(For a seven days exercise of prayer for the souls in 
Purgatory an indulgence of 300 days each day has been 
granted. — Pius IX. Nov. 26, 1876.) 


484 PRAYERS FOR VARIOUS DECEASED PERSONS 


Wrapers for Warious Deceased Persons 


PRAYER FOR A DECEASED POPE 
GOD, Who by Thine unspeakable providence 


was pleased to number Thy servant, Pope 
N., among the Sovereign Pontiffs, grant, we 
beseech Thee, that he who reigned as the vicar 
of Thy Son on earth, may be joined in fellowship 
with Thy holy Pontiffs forevermore. Through 
the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR A DECEASED BISHOP 


RANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that the 

soul of Thy servant Bishop N., which Thou 

hast taken from the toilsome conflict of this world, 

may have fellowship among Thy saints. Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR A DECEASED PRIEST 


LORD, we pray Thee that the soul of Thy 

priest, Thy.servant N., which, while he 
abode in this world, Thou didst adorn with 
sacred gifts, may ever rejoice in a glorious place 
in heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR DECEASED PARENTS 
GOD, Who hast commanded us to honor 


our father and mother, Iook in the tender- 
ness of Thy mercy upon the souls of my father 





PRAYERS FOR VARIOUS DECEASED PERSONS 485 


and mother and forgive them their sins, and grant 
unto me the joy of seeing them again in the glo- 
rious light of everlasting life. Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR DECEASED BRETHREN, RELATIVES 
AND BENEFACTORS 


GOD, the bestower of forgiveness and the 

lover of human salvation, we beseech Thee, 
of Thy tender love, to grant that the brethren 
of our congregation, with their relatives and 
benefactors, who have passed out of this life, may, 
by the mtercession of Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, 
and all Thy saints, come to the fellowship of 
eternal bliss. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR THOSE FOR WHOM WE ARE 
BOUND TO PRAY 


RANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, 
| that the souls of Thy servants and hand- 
maidens, the memory of whom we keep with 
special reverence, and for whom we are bidden 
and are bound to pray, and the souls of all our 
benefactors, relatives and connections, and all the 
faithful, may rest in the bosom of Thy saints; 
and hereafter, in the resurrection from the dead, 
may please Thee in the land of the living. 


Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 




















Prayers for Warious Crccastons 
PRAYERS FOR CHURCH UNITY 


The following prayers have been approved for the 
Church Unity Octave, Jan. 18 to 25. 

NT. That they all may be one, as Thou, 

Father, in Me and I in Thee; that they 

also may be one in Us; that the world may 


believe that Thou hast sent Me. (Jobn xvii: 21.) 


V. I say unto thee, that thou art Peter; 


R. And upon this Rock I will build My Church. 


Prayer 


LORD Jesus Christ, Who saidst unto Thine | 


apostles; Peace I leave with you, My peace 
I give unto you; regard not our sins, but the 
faith of Thy Church, and grant unto her that 
peace and unity which are agreeable to Thy will. 
Who livest and reignest God forever and ever. 
Amen. 





PRAYERS FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS 487 


| PRAYER IN ANY TRIBULATION 
ALMIGHTY God, despise not Thy people 


who cry unto Thee in their affliction; but 
for the glory of Thy Name, turn away Thine anger, 
and help us in our tribulations. Through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER IN TIME OF CALAMITY 
LORD Jesus Christ, holy, immortal God! 


have mercy upon us and upon all men; 
purify us by Thy holy Blood, forgive us by Thy 
holy Blood, save us by Thy holy Blood, now and 
forever. Amen. 


PRAYER IN TIME OF FAMINE OR PESTILENCE 


RANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord, an answer 

to our hearty supplications; and, Thy wrath 
being appeased, turn away from us this famine 
(or pestilence), that the hearts of men may know 
that these scourges proceed from Thine anger, 
and cease by Thy mercy. Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER IN TIME OF GREAT MORTALITY 
GOD, Who desirest not the death but the 


penance of sinners, mercifully look upon Thy 
people returning to Thee; and grant that they, 
being devoted unto Thee, may, by Thy clemency, 
be delivered from the scourges of Thine anger. 


Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


488 | PRAYERS FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS 


PRAYER IN TIME OF WAR 


GOD, Who bringest wars to naught and 
shieldest by Thy power all who hope in 
Thee, overthrowing those that assail them, help 
Thy servants who implore Thy mercy, so that 
the fierce might of their enemies may be brought 
Iow and we may never cease to praise and thank 


Thee. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR RAIN 


GOD, in Whom we live, move, and have our 

being, bestow upon us seasonable rain, that 
receiving at Thy hands a sufficiency of temporal 
goods, we may, with the greater trustfulness, look 
to Thee for those blessings which are eternal. 
Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR FAIR WEATHER 
RACIOUSLY hear us, O Lord, we beseech 


Thee, and grant fair weather unto us Thy 
supplicants, that we who are justly afflicted for 
our sins may experience Thy mercy and clemency. 


Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR ANY NECESSITY 


GOD, our refuge and our strength, hearken 
to the pious prayers of Thy Church, Thou 
Who art Thyself the author of piety, and grant 
that what we faithfully ask for we may effica- 
ciously obtain. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYERS FOR PRIVATE NECESSITIES 489 


Prapers for Private Mecessities 


PRAYER FOR LIGHT 


Y the Comforter Who proceedeth from 
Thee, O Lord, enlighten our minds, and 
even as Thy Son hath promised, may He lead 
s into all truth. Who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost for- 
ver and ever. Amen. 















EAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom 
Lead Thou me on! 
he night is dark, and I am far from home. 
Lead Thou me on! 
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see 
The distant scene, — one step enough for me. 


I was not ever thus, nor pray’d that Thou 

Shouldst lead me on. 

I loved to choose and see my path, but now 
Lead Thou me on! 

I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, 

Pride ruled my will: remember not past years. 


So long Thy power hath blest me,-sure it still 
Will lead me on. 
O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till 
The night is gone; 
nd with the morn those angel faces smile 
hich I have loved long since, and Jost awhile. 
— CarpiInaL NEWMAN 


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PRAYER FOR CHARITY 


MY Jesus, Thou knowest well that I love 

Thee; but I do not love Thee enough; O 
grant that I may love Thee more. O love that 
burnest ever and never failest, my God, Thou 
Who art charity itself, enkindle in my heart that 
divine fire which consumes the saints and trans- 
forms them unto Thee. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR CHASTITY 


Y Queen! my Mother! I give myself entirely 

to thee; and to show my devotion to thee, 

I consecrate to thee this day my eyes, my ears, 

my mouth, my heart, my whole being, without 

reserve. Wherefore, good Mother, as I am thine 

own, keep me, guard me, as thy property and 
possession. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR HUMILITY 


GOD, Who withstandest the proud and 

giveth Thy grace to the humble, clothe us 
with that true virtue of humility, the pattern of 
which Thine only-begotten Son did show in Him- 
self to the faithful, so that we may never by our 
pride provoke Thee to anger, but rather in our 
Iowliness accept from Thy hands the gifts of Thy 
grace. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR PATIENCE 


GOD, Who by the patience of Thine only- 
begotten Son hast crushed the pride of the 
old enemy, give unto us, we beseech Thee, ever 
devoutly to have in mind what He with love 















PRAYERS FOR PRIVATE NECESSITIES 491 


ndured for us, and thus, after His example, to 
ear with long suffermg the troubles which come 
pon us. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS FOR 
VIRTUE 


RANT me, O merciful God, that what is 
pleasing to Thee I may ardently desire, 
srudently acquire, truthfully acknowledge, and 
yerfectly accomplish for the praise and glory of 
hy Name. Ordain, O my God, my whole life; 
nd what Thou requirest that I should do, grant 
ne to know and to fulfil as meet and profitable 
omy soul. Give me Thy grace, O Lord my God, 
‘hat I may not fail in prosperity or in adversity, 
woiding pride in the former, and discourage- 
nent in the latter. May I rejoice in nothing but 
what leads to Thee, grieve for nothing but what 
turns away from Thee. May I wish to please, 
and fear to displease, no one but Thee. 
May I despise, O Lord, all transitory things, 
and prize only that which is eternal. May I 
shun any joy that is without Thee, nor wish for 
anything except Thee. May I delight in any 
work taken up for Thee, and tire of any rest that 
is without Thee. Give me, O my God, to direct 
my heart toward Thee, and in my failings con- 
stantly grieve, with a purpose of amendment. 
Make me, O Lord my God, obedient without 
contradiction, poor without depression, chaste 
without corruption, patient without murmuring, 
humble without pretence, cheerful without dis- 
sipation, mature without dullness, prompt with- 


492 PRAYERS FOR PRIVATE NECESSITIES | 
. 
: 


out levity, fearing Thee without despair, truthful 
without duplicity, doing good without presump- 
tion, correcting my neighbor without haughtiness, 
and edifying him by word and example without 
hypocrisy. 

Give me, O Lord God, a watchful heart, which 
no curious thought will turn away from Thee; 
a noble heart, which no unworthy affection can 
draw downwards; a righteous heart, which no~ 
regular intention will twist aside; a firm heart, 
which no tribulation will break; a free heart, 
which no violent affection will claim for itself. — 

Grant me finally, O Lord my God, science in — 
knowing Thee, diligence in seeking Thee, wisdom 
in finding Thee, a conduct pleasing to Thee, a 
perseverance trustfully awaiting Thee, and a con- 
fidence finally embracing Thee. May I endure 
Thy punishments by penitence; profit by Thy 
benefits by grace in this world, and enjoy Thy 
blessedness by glory in the next. Who livest and 
reignest, true God, forever and ever. Amen. 








PRAYERS FOR HEALTH OF BODY AND SOUL 


OST holy Virgin, Mother of the Incarnate 
Word, treasure-house of grace, and refuge of 
us wretched sinners, with lively faith we have 
recourse to thy motherly love, and ask of thee 
the grace of ever doing God’s will and thine. In 
thy most holy hands we place our hearts, and of 
thee we ask health of body and soul, and as we have 
the same hope that thou, our most Joving Mother, 
wilt hear us, we say to thee with lively faith: 
Hail Mary, etc., three times. 


PRAYERS FOR PRIVATE NECESSITIES 493 


Let us Pray 
fe)EFEND, We beseech Thee, O Lord! through 


the intercession of the blessed Mary ever 
Virgin, Thy servants from all infirmity, and mer- 
cifully deign to guard them, prostrate in the sin- 
cerity of their hearts before Thee, against the 
‘snares of the enemy. Through Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


PRAYERS FOR A HAPPY DEATH 


GOD, Who, while condemning all men once 
to die, hast yet concealed from them the 
moment and the hour of their death, grant that, 
_ spending all the days of my life in justice and in 
holiness, I may be made worthy to depart out 
of this world in Thy holy love. Through the 
merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost. 


(Ind. of 100 days, once a day. A plenary indulgence 
once a month. — Leo XII. Aug. 11, 1824.) 


1b ees Jesus, incarnate Son of God, Who for 
our salvation didst vouchsafe to be born 
*n a stable, to pass Thy life im poverty, trials, 
and misery, and to die amid the sufferings of the 
cross, I entreat Thee, say to Thy divine Father 
at the hour of my death, “Father, forgive 
him’; say to Thy beloved Mother, “Behold 
thy Son”; say to my soul, “This day thou shalt 





494 PRAYERS FOR PRIVATE NECESSITIES 
be with Me in paradise.” My God, my God, 


forsake me not in that hour. “I thirst’’; yes, 
my God, my soul thirsts after Thee, Who art 
the fountain of living waters. My life passes 
like a shadow; yet a little while, and all will be 
consummated. Wherefore, O my adorable Sa-_ 
viour, from this moment, for all eternity, “into 
Thy hands I commend my spirit.”” Lord Jesus, 
recerve my soul. Amen. | 
(Ind. of 300 days, each time. — Prus IX. June 10, 1856.) 


LORD, support us all the day long of this 

troublous life, until the shadows lengthen 
and evening comes and the busy world is hushed 
and the fever of life is over and our work is 
done. Then of Thy great mercy grant us a safe 
lodging and a holy rest and peace at the last, 
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 

— CarDINAL NEWMAN 


MY Lord and Saviour, support me in my 

last hour by the strong arms of Thy Sacra- 
ments, and the fragrance of Thy consolations. 
Let Thy absolving words be said over me, and the 
holy oil sign and seal me; and let Thine own 
Body be my food, and Thy Blood my sprinkling; 
and let Thy Mother Mary come to me, and my 
angel whisper peace to me, and Thy glorious 
saints and my own dear patrons smile on me, that 
in and through them all I may die as I desire to 
live, in Thy Church, in Thy faith, and in Thy 
love. Amen. —.CarDINAL NEwMAN 


PRAYERS FOR PRIVATE NECESSITIES 49045 










MARY, conceived without stain, pray for 
us who fly to thee. Refuge of sinners, 
other of those who are in their agony, leave us 
t in the hour of our death, but obtain for us per- 
ct sorrow, sincere contrition, remission of our sins, 
worthy reception of the most holy Viaticum, 
re strengthening of the Sacrament of Extreme 
nection, so that we may be able to stand with 
fety before the throne of the just but merciful 
udge, our God and our Redeemer. Amen. 

(Ind. of 200 days, onceaday.—Prus IX. March 11, 1856.) 


ESUS, Mary, and good Joseph, bless us, now 
and in the agony of death. 
| (Und. of 0 days. — Prus X. June 9, 1906.) 


PRAYERS FOR A JOURNEY 


N the way of peace and prosperity may the 

Lord, the almighty and merciful, direct our 
teps. And may the archangel Raphael accom- 
yany us on the way, that we may return to our 
1ome in peace, safety, and joy. 

O God, Who madest the sons of Israel to walk 
vith dry feet through the midst of the sea, and 
Who didst open to the three Magi, by the guiding 
»f a star, the way that led to Thee; grant to us, 
we beseech Thee, a prosperous journey, and a 
‘ime of tranquillity, that, attended by Thy holy 
angel, we may happily arrive at that place whither 
we are journeying, and finally at the haven of 
eternal salvation. 

Give ear, O Lord, we beseech Thee, to our 
supplications, and dispose the way of Thy ser- 


496 PRAYERS FOR PRIVATE NECESSITIES 


vants in the blessedness of Thy salvation, that 
amidst all the various changes of this our life 
and pilgrimage we may ever be protected by Thy 
help. 

Vouchsafe to Thy people, we beseech Thee, 
almighty God, that they may walk onward in 
the way of salvation, and, by following the ex- 
hortations of the blessed forerunner John, may 
come safe to the presence of Him Whom he 
preached, Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord, Who 
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of 
the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen. 


PRAYERS FOR SUCCESS IN WORK 
LORIOUS St. Joseph, model of all those who 


are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace 
to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty 
above my many sins; to work with gratitude and 
joy, considering it an honor to employ and de- 
velop, by means of labor, the gifts received from 
God; to work with order, peace, moderation and 
patience, never recoiling before weariness or diffi- 
culties; to work, above all, with purity of inten- 
tion, and with detachment from self, having 
always death before my eyes and the account 
which I must render of time lost, of talents wasted, 
of good omitted, of vain complacency in success 
so fatal to the work of God. AIl for Jesus, all for 
Mary, all after thy example, O Patriarch Joseph. 
Such shall be my watchword in life and death. 
Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day.—Prus X. March 15, 1907.) 










THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER 497 


A UNIVERSAL PRAYER, FOR ALL THINGS 
NECESSARY TO SALVATION 


Composed by Pope Clement XI 

MY God, I believe in Thee; do Thou 
strengthen my faith. All my hopes are in 
(hee; do Thou secure them. I love Thee with 
ny whole heart; teach me to love Thee daily 
nore and more. I am sorry that I have offended 
hee; do Thou increase my sorrow. 

I adore Thee as my first beginning; I aspire 
fter Thee as my last end. I give Thee thanks as 
ny constant benefactor; I call upon Thee as my 
sovereign protector. 

Vouchsafe, O my God, to conduct me by Thy 
wisdom, to restrain me by Thy justice, to comfort 
me by Thy mercy, to defend me by Thy power. 

To Thee I desire to consecrate all my thoughts, 
words, actions, and sufferings; that hencefor- 
ward I may think of Thee, speak of Thee, con- 
stantly refer all my actions to Thy greater glory, 
and suffer willingly whatever Thou shalt appoint. 
Lord, I desire that in all things Thy will may 
be done, because it is Thy will, in the manner 
Thou willest, and as long as Thou willest. 

I beg of Thee to enlighten my understanding, 
to inflame my will, to purify my body, and to 
sanctify my soul. 

Grant that I be not puffed up with pride, 
moved by flattery, deceived by the world, or 
duped by the devil. 


4098 THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER 


Give me grace to purify my memory, to bridle 
my tongue, to restrain my eyes, and to mortify 
my senses, 

Give me strength, O my God, to expiate my 
offences, to overcome my temptations, to subdue 
my passions, and to acquire the virtues proper 
for my state. 

Fill my heart with a tender affection for Thy 
goodness, a hatred for my faults, a love for my 
neighbor, and a contempt of the world. | 

Let me always remember to be submissive to. 
my superiors, condescending to my inferiors, faith- 
ful to my friends, and charitable to my enemies. 

Grant, O Jesus, that I may remember Thy 
precept and example, by Ioving my enemies, bear- 
ing with injuries, doing good to them that perse- 
cute me, and praying for them that slander me. 

Assist me to overcome sensuality by mortifica- 
tion, avarice by alms-deeds, anger by meekness, 
and tepidity by devotion. 

O my God, make me prudent in my under- 
takings, courageous in dangers, patient in afflic- 
tions, and humble in prosperity. 

Grant that I may be ever attentive at my 
prayers, temperate at my meals, diligent in my em- 
ployments, and constant in my good resolutions. 

Let my conscience be ever upright and pure, 
my exterior modest, my conversation edifying, 
and my life according to rule. 

Assist me, that I may continually labor to 
overcome nature, to correspond with Thy grace, 
to keep Thy commandments, and to work out 
my salvation. 


THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER 499 


Help me to obtain holiness of life by a sincere 

nfession of my sins, by a devout reception of 
ne Body of Christ, by a continual recollection 
f mind, and by a pure intention of heart. 

Discover to me, O my God, the nothingness of 
1is world, the greatness of heaven, the shortness 
f time, and the lenzth of eternity. 

Grant that I may prepare for death, that I may 
ar Thy judgments, that I may escape hell, and 
n the end obtain heaven, through the merits 
f our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 








500 PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING 


Prapers of Thanksgiving 


THE TE DEUM 


E praise Thee, O God: we acknowledge Thee 
to be the Lord. 

Thee, the Father everlasting, all the earth 
doth worship. 

To Thee all angels; to Thee the heavens and all 
the powers: 

To Thee the cherubim and seraphim continually 
cry: 
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. 
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of 
Thy glory. 

Thee, the glorious choir of the apostles, 

Thee, the admirable company of prophets, 

Thee, the white-robed army of martyrs, praise. 

Thee, the holy Church throughout the world 
doth acknowledge: 

The Father of infinite majesty; 

Thy adorable, true, and only Son; 

Also, the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 

Thou, O Christ, art the King of glory, 

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. 

When Thou didst take upon Thee to deliver 
man, 

Thou didst not disdain the Virgin’s womb. 

Having overcome the sting of death, Thou 
didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. 

Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the 
glory of the Father. 








PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING 501 


We believe that Thou shalt come to be our 
dge. 

We therefore pray Thee to help Thy servants, 
om Thou hast redeemed with Thy Precious 
ood. 

Make them to be numbered with Thy saints 
glory everlasting. 

Save Thy people, O Lord, and bless Thy 
heritance. 

Govern them, and raise them up forever. 
Every day we bless Thee. 

And we praise Thy name forever; yea, for- 
yer and ever. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day, to keep us from 
n. 

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us. 
V. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our 
thers. 

R. And worthy to be praised, and glorious for- 
ver, 

V. Let us bless the Father and the Son, with 
1e Holy Ghost. 

R. Let us praise and magnify Him forever. 

V. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the firmament 
f heaven. 

R. And worthy to be praised, glorified and 
xalted forever. 

V. Bless the Lord, O my soul. 

R. And forget not all His benefits. 

V. O Lord, hear my prayer. 

R. And let my cry come unto Thee. 

V. The Lord be with you. 

R. And with thy spirit. 


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Let us Pray 


GOD, Whose mercies are without number, 

and the treasure of Whose goodness is 
infinite; we render thanks to Thy most gracious 
Majesty for the gifts Thou hast bestowed upon 
us, evermore beseeching Thy clemency; that as 
Thou grantest the petitions of those who ask 
Thee, Thou wilt never forsake them, but wilt 
prepare them for the rewards to come. 


GOD, Who hast taught the hearts of the 

faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit: 
grant us, by the same spirit, to relish what is right, 
and evermore to rejoice in His consolation. 


GOD, Who sufferest none that hope in Thee 

to be afflicted overmuch, but dost listen 
graciously to their prayers; we render Thee 
thanks because Thou hast received our supplica- 
tions and wishes, and we most humbly beseech 
Thee that we may evermore be protected from 
all adversities. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 





PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING 503 


THE BENEDICTUS 
LESSED be the Lord God of Israel: for He 


hath visited and wrought redemption for 
| His people. 

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us: 
Jin the house of His servant David. 

As He spake by the mouth of His holy pro- 
iphets; who have been from the beginning. 

That He would save us from our enemies: 
and from the hand of all that hate us. 

| To perform mercy to our fathers: and to 
}remember His holy covenant. 

The oath which He swore to Abraham our 
father: that He would grant to us: 
| That being delivered out of the hands of our 

enemies: we might serve Him without fear, 
| In holiness and justice before Him, all the days 
| of our life. 
| And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of 
the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face 
of the Lord to prepare His ways. 

To give knowledge of salvation to His people: 
for the remission of their sins. 

Through the tender mercy of God: in which 
the dayspring from on high hath visited us. 

To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and 
in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into 
the way of peace. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now 
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 





504 PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING 


PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING FOR EVERY 
DAY OF THE WEEK 


For Sunday 
OST Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy 


Ghost, in deepest reverence we adore Thee 
and thank. Thee for Thy mfinite majesty and 
love. From our whole hearts we thank Thee for 
all the proofs of love Thou hast shown us from 
the beginning to this very hour, especially for the 
grace that we are privileged to love Thee. To-day 
we thank Thee for all the mysteries of our faith, 
especially for the mystery of the Resurrection of 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Who is the 
seal of our faith and the most sure anchor of our 
hope. Praise and thanksgiving be to Thee 
forever! 

(Ind. of 300 days, once aday. — Pius X. May 6, 1909.) 


For Monday 


HOLY Ghost, personal Love and Goodness 
in the Godhead, Thou breathest upon us in 
streams the divine goodness through Thy graces 
and gifts. Eternal thanks be to Thee for the 
spiritual life Thou givest to us and preservest 
through the holy Sacraments. Although we do 
not deserve Thy love nor correspond with it, 
Thou ceasest not to bless and sanctify us. There- 
fore we thank Thee with the Father and the Son, 
and to-day especially for Thy unfathomable 
mercy, which is above all Thy works. Praise 
and thanksgiving be to Thee forever! 
(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Pus X. May 6, 1909.) 








PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING 505 


For Tuesday 


RoyEDYENLY Father, Thou hast in kindness 
taken us for Thy children. Thou wouldst 
draw us to Thyself and Thy Heart forever, and 
make us eternally happy with Thy divine love. 
May the angels and saints, who already enjoy the 
unending bliss of possessing Thee, love Thee for 
us, thank Thee for us evermore. Out of noth- 
ingness Thou didst raise the world of angels to 
Thy throne into eternal happiness. We children 
of men thank Thee for this, their everlasting 
blessedness; we thank Thee that Thou hast 
appointed the heavenly spirits to be our guardians, 
so that one day we, too, being joined to their com- 
pany, might love Thee eternally and enjoy Thee 
without end. For these and all Thy numberless 
benefits we thank Thee with the choirs of angels, 
with the hosts of the blessed forever and ever! 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Prus X. May 6, 1909.) 


For Wednesday 
ESUS Christ, Son of the living God, give 


thanks to the eternal Father in heaven in 
the name of all the children of God. Redeemed 
by Thy Precious Blood, we have grown up and 
been reared in the true faith. As favorite chil- 
dren of God we have been loaded down with the 
gifts of nature and grace of the Holy Ghost. 
| And like so many others we have been ungrateful 
children of God. ‘Therefore we beseech Thee, 
| only-begotten of the Father, do Thou deign on 


506 PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING 


this day to unite Thy divine thanksgiving with 
ours, that we may render a worthy return to God 
our Lord, and a worthy reparation for our own 
ingratitude and that of all mankind. Praise and 
thanksgiving be to the Father, through the Son 
in the Holy Ghost from everlasting to ever- 
lasting! 

(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Prus X. May 6, 1909.) 


For Thursday 


“(HE Word was made flesh and dwelt among 

us.” Thanks to Thee, divine Redeemer, 
Who in Thy love wishest to be all like to us. Still 
further hast Thou loved us — for having loved, 
Thou didst love us unto the end. Day by day 
Thou presentest Thyself on our altars before the 
Father a victim for us. Nay Thou givest Thy- 
self to us continually as the food of our souls. 
It is Thy desire to be and remain with us forever. 
Eternal thanks be to Thee, Son of God made man, 
hidden under the appearances of bread, for this 
Thy love enduring even to the end. Without 
end do we praise and thank Thee! 


(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Pius X. May 6, 1909.) 


For Friday 


ACRED Heart of Jesus, we thank Thee that 
Thou didst Iove us even unto death. It 
was for us, divine Redeemer, that Thou didst 
suffer death; for us Thou didst shed the Blood 
of Thy Heart and with it Thou dost save us 
through all the Sacraments, particularly in the 


PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING 507 








Sacrament of Penance. Thanks to Thee, O 
esus, for every drop of Thy Blood, for all Thy 
tve death wounds. Thanks to Thee to-day 
articularly, that in Thy divine love Thou hast 
written us not only in Thy hands and feet but hast 
Iso inscribed us deeply on Thy Heart. Permit 
ot that we be ever separated from Thy Heart; 
zrant that we may live and die in Thy love! 


(Ind. of 300 days, once aday. — Prus X. May 6, 1909.) 


For Saturday 


MARY, with thee we magnify the Lord 
to-day and without ceasing, Who has done 
zreat things for thee, Who is mighty and holy in 
His Name. With the angel and with all genera- 
tions we call thee blessed, we salute thee full of 
zrace and conceived without sin whom the 
Triune God raised above all the angels and saints 
and chose for His own true Mother. With thee, O 
Mary, we offer thanks for thy privileges to the 
Father, to the Son, to the Holy Ghost. 

O Mary, true Mother of God, at the foot of the 
cross thou gavest thy first-born Son unto death 
‘or us, and so in thy sorrow became our Mother. 
Help us, Mary, with thy continual love that we, 
the children of thy sorrow, may with thee, the 
noly martyrs, and all the saints of God, follow 
thy crucified Son even unto death. Prove thyself 
a Mother, and after the crosses and sorrows of 
this life show unto us in heaven, Jesus, the 
dlessed fruit of thy womb. Amen. 


(Ind. of 300 days, once aday. — Prus X. Mary 6, 1909.) 


508 PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING 


THE GREATER DOXOLOGY 


LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace 

to men of good will. We praise Thee, we 
bless Thee, we adore Thee, we glorify Thee. We 
give Thee thanks for Thy great glory. O Lord 
God, King of heaven, God the Father almighty. 
O Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son. O 
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. 
Thou Who takest away the sins of the world, 
have mercy on us. Thou Who takest away the 
sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou Who 
sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy 
on us. For Thou only art holy, Thou only art 
Lord, Thou only art most high, O Jesus Christ, 
with the Holy Ghost, in the glory of God the 
Father. Amen. 


THE LESSER DOXOLOGY 


LORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost. 
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever 
shall be world without end. Amen. 























DEVOUT REFLECTIONS ON THE 
CHRISTIAN VIRTUES AND ON 
THE FOUR LAST THINGS DRAWN 
FROM HOLY SCRIPTURE 


IMPORTANCE OF PRAYERFUL REFLECTION 


hiya desolation is all the land made desolate; because 
there is none that considereth in the heart. (Jer. xii. 11.) 
Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but 
thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayest 
observe and do all things that are written in it: then shalt 
thou direct thy way, and understand it. (Josue i, 8.) 
Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and 
that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall 
think of the all-seeing eye of God. (Ecclus. xiv. 22.) 
Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel 
of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in 
the chair of pestilence. But his will is in the law of the 
Lord, and on His Jaw he shall meditate day and night. 
And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the run- 
ning waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. 
And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall 
do shall prosper. (Ps. i. 1-4.) 
In all thy works remember thy fast end, and thou shalt 
never sin. (Ecclus. vii. 40.) 





510 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 
THE NECESSITY AND USEFULNESS OF VIRTUE 


Colne is the will of God, your sanctification. (1 Thess. 
Iv. 3.) 

Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from Him is 
my salvation. For He is my God and my Saviour: He is 
my protector, I shall be moved no more. (Ps. Ixi. 2, 3.) 

Let us novy praise men of renown, and our fathers in 
their generation. .. . Men rich in virtue, studying beauty: 
living at peace in their houses. All these have gained 
glory in their generations, and were praised in their days. 
(Ecclus. xliv. 6, 7.) 

The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the 
testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little 
ones. The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: 
the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening 
the eyes. The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring forever 
and ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in 
themselves. More to be desired than gold and many pre- 
cious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. 
For thy servant keepeth them, and in keeping them there 
is a great reward. (Ps. xviii. 8-12.) 

Much peace have they that love Thy Jaw, and to them 
there is no stumbling-block. (Ps. cxviii. 165.) 

For My yoke is sweet and My burden light. (Matt. 
XI. 30.) 

Bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is 
profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now 
is, and of that which is to come. A faithful saying and 
worthy of all acceptation. (1 Tim. iv. 8.) 

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: 
for they shall have their fill. (Matt. v. 6.) 

If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 
(Matt. xix. 17.) 

And now there remain faith, hope, charity, these three; 
but the greatest of these is charity. (1 Cor. xiii. 13.) 

Ye that fear the Lord, believe Him: and your reward 
shall not be made void. Ye that fear the Lord, hope in 
Him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight. Ye 













MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS SII 


that fear the Lord, love Him, and your hearts shall be 
enlightened. (Ecclus. ii. 8-10.) 

If a man love justice: her labors have great virtues; 
for she teacheth temperance, and prudence, and justice, 
and fortitude, which are such things as men can have 
othing more profitable in life. (Wis. viii. 7.) 

Put on the new man, who according to God Is created 
in justice and holiness of truth. (Ecclus. iv. 24.) 

Not as though I had already attained, or were al- 
ready perfect; but I foilow after, if I may by any means 
apprehend, wherein I am also apprehended by Christ 
Jesus. Brethren, I do not count myself to have appre- 
hended. But one thing I do: forgetting the things that 
are behind, and stretching forth myself to those that are 
before. I press toward the mark, to the prize of the 
supernal vocation of God in Christ Jesus. (Philipp. ii. 
12-14.) 

The path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forward 
and increaseth even to perfect day. (Prov. iv. 18.) 

He that is just, let him be justified still: and he that is 
holy, Iet him be sanctified still. Behold, I come quickly; 
and My reward is with Me, to render to every man ac- 
cording to his works. (Apoc. xxii. 11, 12.) 

Let nothing hinder thee from praying always, and be 
not afraid to be justified even to death: for the reward 
of God continueth forever. (Ecclus. xviii. 22.) 


FAITH 
The Authority of Faith 
Ue GIVE you to understand that the Gospel which was 


preached by me is not according to man; for neither did 
I receive it of man, nor did I learn it but by the revelation 
of Jesus Christ. (Gal. i. 11, 12.) 

We give thanks to God without ceasing because that 
when you had received of us the word of the hearing of 
God, you received it not as the word of men, but, as it is 
indeed, the word of God. (1 Titus ii. 13.) 


S12 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of 
Gop is greater, because He hath testified of His Son. 
(1 Jobn v. 9, 10.) 

To whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal 


life. (Jobn vi. 69.) 
Faith is Certain 


l Givens and earth shall pass away, but My words 
shall not pass away. (Matt. xxiv. 35.) 

This voice we heard brought from heaven, when we 
were with Him in the holy mount. We have the more 
firm prophetical word, whereunto you do well to attend, 
as to a light that shineth in a dark place until the day 
dawn and the day star arise in your hearts. (2 Peter 1. 18, 
19.) 

Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel 
to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him 
be anathema. As we said before, so now I say again: If 
any one preach to you a gospel besides that which you 
have received, Iet him be anathema. (Gal. i. 8, 9.) 


Faith is Obscure 


fers is the substance of things to be hoped for, the 
evidence of things that appear not. (Hebr. xi. 1.) 

We see now through a glass in a dark manner, but then 
face to face. (1 Cor. xiii. 12.) 

Blessed are they that have not seen and have believed. 
(Jobn xx. 29.) 


Faith is Reasonable 


©o HIM [Christ] all the prophets give testimony, that 
through His name all receive remission of sins who believe 
in Him. (Acts x. 43.) 

If I do not the works of My Father, believe Me 
not. But if I do, though you will not believe Me, believe 
the works, that you may know and believe that the Father 
is in Me, and I im the Father. (Jobn x. 38.) 





MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 513 


We have seen and do testify that the Father hath sent 
His Son to be the Saviour of the world. (1 Jobn iv. 14.) 

How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? 
which having begun to be declared by the Lord, was con- 
firmed unto us by them that heard Him, God also bearing 
them witness by signs, and wonders and divers miracles, 
and distributions of the Holy Ghost according to His own 
will. (Hebr. ii. 3, 4.) 


Faith is Necessary 


(Dtuiotes faith it is impossible to please God. (Hebr. 
xi. 6.) 

This (Jesus) 1s the stone which was rejected by you 
the builders, which is become the head, of the corner. 
Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no 
other name under heaven given to men whereby we must 
be saved. (Acts Iv. 11, 12.) 

He that believeth not shall be condemned. (Mark 
Xvi. 16.) 

He that despiseth Me and receiveth not My words 
hath one that judgeth him. The word that I have spoken 
the same shall judge him in the last day. — (Jobn xii. 48.) 


The Individual Not the Judge in Matters of Faith 


ie ALL his [St. Paul’s] epistles are certain things hard 
to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, 
as they do also the other Scriptures to their destruction. 
(2 Peter iit. 16.) 

No prophecy of Scripture is made by private inter- 
pretation. (2 Peter i. 20.) 
| Go ye into the whole world and preach the Gospel to 
|every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall 
| be saved, but he that believeth not shall be condemned. 
| (Mark xvi. 15, 16.) 





514 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


The Catholic Church, the Only Teacher of Faith 


Ake WILL not leave you orphans, I will come to you. 
(Jobn xiv. 18.) 

I am with you all days even to the consummation of 
the world. (Matt. xxviii. 20.) 

The spirit of truth will teach you all truth. (Jobn 
Xvi. 13.) 

The Church of the living God [is] the pillar, and ground 
of the truth. (Tim. iil. 15.) 

The gates of hell shall not prevail against it [the 
Church]. (Matt. xvi. 18.) 

Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build My 
Church. (Matt. xvi. 18.) 

Feed My lambs, feed My sheep. (Jobn xxi. 15-17.) 

There shall be one fold and one shepherd. (Jobn x. 16.) 

One Lord, one faith, one baptism. (Epb. iv. 5, 6.) 


What Faith Requires of Us 


Banv fast in the faith. (1 Cor. xvi. 13.) 

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the 
clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 
(Matt. vil. 15.) 

Because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou 
standest by faith. Be not high-minded but fear. (Rom. 
XI. 20.) 

Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, 
coming down from the Father of lights. (James I. 17.) 

Every one that shall confess Me before men, I will confess 
him before My Father Who is in heaven. But he that 
shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My 
Father Who is in heaven. (Matt. x. 32, 33-) 

He that believeth God taketh heed to the command- 
ments. (Ecclus. xxxii. 28.) 

Faith if it have not works, is dead. (James ii. 17.) 

Lord, increase our faith. (Luke xvii. 5.) 





HOPE 


MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 515 
: 
: Hope Not to be Placed in Creatures 


| 1G the rich of this world not to be high-minded, 
ior to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living 
God, (Who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy.) 
(1 Tim. vi. 17.) 
Put not your trust in princes: in the children of 
men, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit shall go 
forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all 
their thoughts shall perish. Blessed is he who hath the 
God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord 
his God: who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all 
things that areinthem. Who keepeth truth forever: who 
executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong; who 
giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that 
are fettered: the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord 
lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the 
just. The Lord keepeth the strangers, He will support the 
| fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners He will 
destroy. The Lord shall reign forever: thy God, O Sion, 
‘unto generation and generation. (Ps. cxlv. 3-10.) 

All these things have I considered in my heart, that 
I might carefully understand them: there are just men 
and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: 
-and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, 
or hatred. (Eccles. tx. 1.) 


Hope Relies on God Alone 


(D, children, behold the generations of men: and know 
ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been 
confounded. (Ecclus. tv. 11.) 

J have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from 
whence help shall come to me. My help is from the 
Lord, Who made heaven and earth. (Ps. cxx. 1, 2.) 

It is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope 
in the Lord God. (Ps. Ixxii. 28.) 





516 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the Iand 
and thou shalt be fed with its riches. (Ps. XXXVI. 3.) 

With that all the assembly cried out with a Joud voice, 
and they blessed God, Who saveth them that trust in 
Him. (Dan. xiii. 60.) 

Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the 
heirs of the promise the immutability of His counsel, in- 
terposed an oath: That by two immutable things, in 
which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the 
strongest comfort, who have fled for refuge to hold fast 
the hope set before us. Which we have as an anchor of 
the soul, sure and firm, and which entereth in even within 
the veil; Where the forerunner Jesus is entered for us, 
made a high priest forever according to the order of Mel- 
chisedech. (Heb. vi. 17-20.) 

Rejoicing in hope. - Patient in tribulation. Instant in 
prayer. (Rom. xi. 12.) 

For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all 
men; Instructing us, that, denymg ungodliness and world- 
ly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly m 
this world, Looking for the blessed hope and coming of 
the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Who gave himself for us, that He might redeem us from all 
iniquity, and might cleanse to Himself a people accepta- 
ble, a pursuer of good works. (Titus il. TI--14.) 


Advantages of Hope 


(D: are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not 
hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for? But 
if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with 
patience. (Rom. vill. 24, 25.) 

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why dost thou 
disquiet me? Hope thou in God, for I will still give 
praise to Him: the salvation of my countenance, and my 
God: 2(Psvali12) 

Or doth he say this indeed for our sakes? For thes« 
things are written for our sakes: that he that plougheth 
should plough in hope; and he that thrasheth, in hops 
to receive fruit. (1 Cor. ix. 1¢.) 





MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 517 





For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of 
eath, I will fear no evils, for Thou art with me. (Ps. 
ii. 4.) 
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him: and 
in them that hope in His mercy. (Ps. cxlvi. 11.) 

The Lord is good to them that hope in Him, to the soul 
that seeketh Him. It is good to wait with silence for the 
salvation of God. (Lam. iii. 25, 26.) 


Necessity of Hope 


B: YOU humbled, therefore, under the mighty hand of 
God, that He may exalt you in the time of visitation: Cast- 
ing all your care upon Him, for He hath care of you. (1 
Peter v. 6, 7.) 

Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take 
courage, and wait thou for the Lord. (Ps. XXVI. 14.) 


CHARITY 


The Greatness of Charity 


ome Pharisees hearing that He had silenced the 
Sadducees, came together: And one of them, a doctor of 
the law, asked him, tempting Him: Master, which is the 
great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him: Thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with 
thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the great- 
est and the first commandment. And the second is like to 
this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two 
| commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets. 
| (Matt. xxii. 34-40.) 
| Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy 
arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, 
| the lamps thereof are fire and flames. Many waters can- 
| not quench charity, neither can the floods drown it: 
If a man should give all the substance of his house for 
love, he shall despise it as nothing. (Cant. viit. 6, 7.) 





518 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins. 
(Prov. x. 12.) 

If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and 
have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a 
iinkling cymbal. And if I should have prophecy and 
should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I 
should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, 
and have not charity, I am nothing. And if I should dis- 
tribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver 
my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth 
me nothing. Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth 
not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up; Is not am- 
bitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, 


thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth © 
with the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, | 


hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never 
falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or 
tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed. For 
we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that 


which is perfect is come, that which Is in part shall be done > 


away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I under- 
stood as a child, I thought asa child. But, when I became 
a man, I put away’ the things of a child. We see now 
through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. 
Now I know in part; but then I shall know even as I am 
known. And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, 
these three: but the greatest of these is charity. (1 Cor. 
xili. 1-13.) : 

And this I pray, that your charity may more and more 
abound in knowledge, and in all understanding. (Philipp. 


i. 9.) 
The Love of God 


ND: THAT loveth father or mother more than Me, is 
not worthy of Me; and he that loveth son or daughter 
more than Me, is not worthy of Me. (Matt. x. 37-) 

He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them; 
he it is that loveth Me. And he that Ioveth Me, shall be 
loved of My Father: and I will love him, and will manifest 





MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 519 


Myself to him. Judas saith to him, not the Iscariot: Lord, 
how is it, that Thou wilt manifest Thyself to us, and not to 
the world? Jesus answered, and said to him: If any one 
love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love 
him, and We will come to him and will make Our abode 
with him. He that loveth Me not, keepeth not My words. 
And the word which you have heard, is not mine; but the 
Father’s who sent Me. (Jobn xiv. 21-24.) 

This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to 
His disciples, after He was risen from the dead. When 
therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: 
Simon, son of John, Iovest thou Me more than these? He 
saith to him: Yea, Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee. 
He saith to him: Feed My Iambs. He saith to him again: 
Simon, son of John, lovest Thou Me? He saith to Him: 
Yea, Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith to 
‘him: Feed My lambs. He said to him the third time: 
‘Simon, son of John, lovest thou Me? Peter was grieved, 
because He had said to him the third time: Lovest thou 
Me? And he said to Him: Lord, Thou knowest all things: 
‘Thou knowest that I love Thee. He said to him: Feed 
My sheep. (Jobn xxi. 14-17.) 

And as we tarried there for some days, there came from 
Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. Who, when he 
was come to us, took Paul’s girdle: and binding his own 
feet and hands, he said: Thus saith the Holy Ghost: The 
man whose girdle this is, the Jews shall bind in this manner 
lin Jerusalem, and shall deliver him into the hands of the 
Gentiles. Which when we had heard, both we and they 
that were of that place, desired him that he would not go 
up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, and said: What 
do you mean weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am 
ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, 
for the name of the Lord Jesus. (Acts xxi. 10-13.) 

Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? 
Shall tribulation? or distress? or famine? or nakedness? or 
danger? or persecution? or the sword? As it Is written: 
For Thy sake we are put to death allthe day long. Weare 
accounted as sheep for the slaughter. But in all these things 
we overcome, because of Him that hath loved us. For I 






520 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor prin- 
cipalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor thmgs to 
come, nor might, nor height, nor depth, nor any other 
creature, shali be able to separate us from the love of 
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. viti. 35- 
39.) 
If any man love not our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be 
anathema. (1 Cor. xvi. 22.) 


Zeal 


L KNOW thy works, that thou art neither cold, nor 
hot. I would thou wert cold, or hot. But because thou 
art lukewarm, and neither cold, nor hot, I will begin to 
vomit thee out of My mouth. Because thou sayest: I am 
rich, and made wealthy, and have need of nothing: and 
knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable, and 
poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel thee to buy of Me 
gold fire-tried, that thou mayest be made rich; and mayest 
be clothed in white garments, and that the shame of thy 
nakedness may not appear; and anoint thy eyes with 
eye-salve, that thou mayest see. Such as I love, I rebuke 
and chastise. Be zealous therefore, and do penance. 
(Apoc. tli. 15-19.) 

Even as a man going into a far country, called his 
servants, and delivered to them his goods. And to one 
he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another: 
one, to every one according to his proper ability: and im-. 
mediately he took his journey. And he that had received 
the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, 
and gained other five. And in like manner he that had 
received the two, gained other two. But he that had re- 
ceived the one, going his way digged mto the earth, and’ 
hid his lord’s money. But after a Jong time the lord of 
those servants came, and reckoned with them. And he 
that had received the five talents coming, brought other 
five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five 
talents, behold I have gained other five over and above. 
His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, 
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place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of 
thy Iord. And he also that had received the two talents 
came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: 
behold I have gained other two, His lord said to him: 
Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast 
been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many 
{things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (Matt. xxv. 
14-23.) 

And we desire that every one of you show forth the 
same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the 
end: That you become not slothful, but followers of 
them, who through faith and patience shall inherit the 
promises. (Heb. vi. 11, 12.) 

I remembered, O Lord, Thy judgments of old: and I 
wascomforted. A fainting hath taken hold of me, because 
of the wicked that forsake Thy law. Thy justifications 
were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage. 
In the night I have remembered Thy name, O Lord: and 
|have kept Thy law. This happened to me: because I 
sought after Thy justifications. (Ps, exviil. 52-56.) 
| And the pasch of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went 
jup to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple them that 
|sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money 
sitting. And when He had made, as it were, a scourge 
jof little cords, He drove them all out of the temple, the 
|sheep also and the oxen, and the money of the changers He 
|poured out, and the tables He overthrew. And to them 
|that sold doves He said: Take these things hence, and 
|make not the house of My Father a house of traffic. And 
His disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal 
of Thy house hath eaten Me up. (Jobn ii. 13-17.) 
| And when Elias heard it, he covered his face with his man~ 
| tle, and coming forth stood in the entering-in of the cave, 
and behold a voice unto him, saying: What dost thou here, 
Elias? And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous 
for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel 
have forsaken Thy covenant: they have destroyed Thy 
| altars, they have slain Thy prophets with the sword, and I 
alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away. (3 
Kings xix. 13, 14.) 





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They are zealous in your regard not well: but they 
would exclude you, that you might be zealous for them. 
But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing 
always: and not only when I am present with you. (Gal. 
iv. 17, 18.) 

And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of 
good? (1 Peter iii. 13.) 


Brotherly Love 


AL; the Father hath loved Me, I also have loved you. 
Abide in My Jove. If you keep My commandments, you 
shall abide in My love; as I also have kept My Father’s 
commandments, and do abide in His Jove. These things 
I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and 
your joy may be filled. This is My commandment, that 
you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love 
than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for 
his friends. You are My friends, if you do the things that 
I command you. (Jobn xv. 9-14.) 

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You 
shall seek Me; and as I said to the Jews: Whither I go 
you cannot come; so I say to you now. A new command- 
ment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I 
have loved you, that you also love one another. By this 
shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have 
love one for another. (Jobn xiii. 33-35.) 

Dearly beloved, Iet us love one another, for charity is 
of God. And every one that Ioveth, is born of God, and’ 
knoweth God. He that Joveth not, knoweth not God: 
for God is charity. By this hath the charity of God 
appeared toward us, because God hath sent His only- 
begotten Son into the world, that we may live by Him. 
In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but 
because He hath first loved us, and sent His Son to be a 
propitiation for our sins. My dearest, if God hath sc 
foved us; we also ought to love one another. No man hath 
seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abidett 
in us, and His charity is perfected in us. In this we know 
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given us of His spirit. And we have seen, and do testify, 
that the Father hath sent His Son to be the Saviour of the 
world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of 
God, God abideth in Him, and he in God. And we have 
known, and have believed the charity, which God hath to 
us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, abideth 
in God, and God in him. (1 Jobn iv. 7-16.) 
In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we 
may have confidence in the Day of Judgment: because 
as He is, we also are in this world. Fear is not in charity: 
but perfect charity casteth out fear, because fear hath 
pain. And he that feareth, is not perfected in charity. Let 
us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us. 
If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a 
liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he seeth, 
how can he love God, Whom he seeth not? And this com- 
mandment we have from God, that he, who Ioveth God. 
love also his brother. (1 Jobn iv. 17-21.) 

For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only 
make not liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of 
the spirit serve one another. For all the Jaw is fulfilled in 
one word: Thou shalt Jove thy neighbor as thyself. But 
if you bite and devour one another; take heed you be 
not consumed one of another. (Gal. v. 13-15.) 

Owe no man anything, but to love one another. For 
he that Ioveth his neighbor, hath fulfilled the Jaw. For 
thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not kill, 
thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, 
thou shalt not covet: and if there be any other com- 
‘mandment, it is comprised in this word, thou shalt 
love thy neighbor as thyself. The love of our neighbor 
worketh no evil. Love, therefore, is the fulfilling of the 

Jaw. (Rom. xiii. 8-10.) 

We know that we have passed from death to life, because 
we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in 
death. Whosoever hateth his. brother is a murderer. 
And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding 
in himself. In this we have known the charity of God, 
because He hath laid down His life for us: and we ought to 
lay down our lives for the brethren. (1 Jobn iii. 14-16.) 





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Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children; 
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath 
delivered Himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to 
God for an odor of sweetness. (Epb. v. 1, 2.) 


Peace 


Bor I say to you that hear: Love your enemies, do | 
good to them that hate you. Bless them that curse you, — 
and pray for them that calumniate you. And to him that 
striketh thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And 
him that taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not to 
take thy coat also. Give to every one that asketh thee, 
and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not 
again. And as you would that men should do to you, do 
you also to them in like manner. And if you love them 
that love you, what thanks are to you? for sinners also love 
those that love them. And if you do good to them who do 
good to you, what thanks are to you? for sinners also do 
this. And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, 
what thanks are to you? for sinners also Iend to sinners, for 
to receive as much. But love ye your enemies: do good 
and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward 
shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest; for 
He is kind to the unthankful, and to the evil. Be ye there- 
fore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, 
and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall | 
not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven. 
Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and 
pressed down and shaken together and running over shall 
they give into your bosom. For with the same measure 
that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you 
again. And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the 
blind Iead the blind? do they not both fall into the ditch? 
The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall 
be perfect, if he be as his master. And why seest thou the 
mote in thy brother’s eye: but the beam that is in thy 
own eye thou considerest not? Or how canst thou say 
to thy brother: Brother, Iet me pull the mote out of thy 
eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own eye? 





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ypocrite, cast first the beam out of thy own eye; and 
hen shalt thou see clearly to take out the mote from thy 
prother’s eye. (Luke vi. 27-42.) 
And not for them [the disciples] only do I pray, but 
or them also who through their word shall believe in Me; 
Chat they all may be one, as Thou, Father, in Me, and I 
n Thee; that they also may be one in Us; that the world 
ay believe that Thou hast sent Me. And the glory 
hich Thou hast given Me, I have given to them; that 
hey may be one, as We also are one: J in them, and Thou 
n Me; that they may be made perfect in one: and the 
vorld may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved 
them, as Thou hast also loved Me. (Jobn xvii. 20-23.) 
_ For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than 
hat of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into 
she kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said 
-o them of old: thou shalt not kill, and whosoever shall 
<ill shall be in danger of the judgment. But I say to you, 
-hat whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger 
of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, 
Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever 
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. If there- 
‘ore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remem- 
ser that thy brother hath anything against thee, leave 
chere thy offering before the altar, and go first to be 
-econciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer 
chy gift. (Matt. v. 20-24.) 

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren 
to dwell together in unity: Like the precious ointment 
on the head, that ran down upon the beard, the beard 
of Aaron, which ran down to the skirt of his garment: 
as the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon Mount 
Sion. For there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and 
life forevermore. (Ps. cxxxii. I-3.) 

If it be possible, as much as is in you, have peace 
with all men. Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; 
but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is 
Mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. But if thy enemy be 
hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. 
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head. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by 
good. (Rom. xii. 18-21.) 

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called 
the children of God. (Matt. v. 9.) 

And the peace of God, which surpasseth all under- 
standing, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. 
(Philipp. iv. 7.) 

Joy 


Bor the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, 
patience, benignity, goodness, lIonganimity, mildness, 
faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there 
is no law. (Gal. v. 22, 23.) 

The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but 
justice, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (Rom. 
xiv. 17.) 

And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. And 
my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Because He 
hath regarded the humility of His handmaid; for behold 
from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 
Because He that is mighty, hath done great things to 
me; and holy is His name. (Luke i. 46-49.) 

In chastity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in sweet- 
ness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned, in the word 
of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of justice on 
the right hand and on the left; by honor and dishonor, 
by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet 


true; as unknown, and yet known; as dying, and behold | 


we live; as chastised, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet 


always rejoicing; as needy, yet enriching many; as having | 


nothing, and possessing all things. (2 Cor. vi. I-10.) 


Great is my confidence for you, great is my glorying — 


for you. I am filled with comfort: I exceedingly abound 
with joy in all our tribulation. (2 Cor. vil. 4.) 
Let Jove be without dissimulation, hating that which is 
evil, cleaving to that which ts good. (Rom. xiv. 9.) 
Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood, 


with honor preventing one another. In carefulness not | 


slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord. Rejoicing 
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municating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hos- 
pitality. Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse 
not. Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them 
that weep. Being of one mind one toward another. Not 
minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be 
not wise in your own conceits. To no man rendering evil 
for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of 
God, but also in the sight of all men. (Rom. xii. 9-17.) 

Let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein 
also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful. (Col. 
iii. 15.) 

Delight in the Lord, and He will give thee the requests 
of thy heart. (Ps. xxxvi. 4.) 

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the 
upright. (Ps. xxxii. 1.) 

Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice. 


(Philipp. iv. 4.) 
Edification 


Becox: all appearance of evil refrain yourselves. 
(1 Thess. v. 22.) 

Let us not therefore judge one another any more. But 
judge this rather, that you put not a stumbling-block or a 
scandal in your brother’s way. (Rom. xiv. 13.) 

Avoiding this, lest any man should blame us in this 
abundance which is administered by us. For we forecast 
what may be good not only before God, but also before 
men. (2 Cor. viil. 20, 21.) 

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else 
you do, do all to the glory of God. Be without offense to 
the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God: 
As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that 
which is profitable to myself, but to many, that they may 
be saved. (1 Cor. x. 31-33.) 

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its 
savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing 
any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by 
men. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a 

mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle 
and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it 


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may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light 
shine before men, that they may see your good works, and 
glorify your Father who is in heaven. (Matt. v. 13-16.) 

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pil- 
grims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war 
against the soul, having your conversation good among the 
the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against you as 
evil-doers, they may, by the good works, which they 
shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation. 
(1 Peter ii. 11.) 

Therefore Iet us follow after the things that are of 
peace; and keep the things that are of edification one 
toward another. (Rom. xiv. 19.) 


THE SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY 
Admonishing the Sinner 


{2eprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, 
and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no 
more. Reprove thy neighbor, for it may be he hath not 
said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. 
Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed. 
And believe not every word. There is one that slippeth 
with the tongue, but not from his heart. For who is there 
that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy 
neighbor before thou threaten him. (Ecclus. xix. 13-1 Ti) 

If thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke 
him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, 
thou shalt gain thy brother. And if he will not hear thee. 
take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of twe 
or three witnesses every word may stand. And if be wil) 
not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear 
the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican 
(Matt. xviii. 15-17.) 

If any man have not care of his own, and especially 
of those of his house, he hath denied the faith, and i 
worse than an infidel. (1 Tim. v. 8.) 

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piritual, instruct such a one in the spirit of meekness, con- 
jidering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. (Gal. vi. 1.) 

An ancient man rebuke not, but entreat him as a 
father; young men, as brethren. (1 Tim. v. 1.) 


Instructing the Ignorant 


HEY that are learned shall shine as the brightness of 
-he firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, 
is stars for all eternity. (Dan. xii. 3.) 

The lips of the just teach many: but they that are 
gnorant, shall die in the want of understanding. (Prov. 
x. 21.) 

If thou have understanding, answer thy neighbor: but 
if not, let thy hand be upon thy mouth, lest thou be 
surprised in an unskilful word, and be confounded. 
(Ecclus. v. 14.) 


Counseling the Doubtful 


as knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a 
flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life. 
(Ecclus. xxi. 16.) 


Comforting the Sorrowful 


B: NOT wanting in comforting them that weep, and 
walk with them that mourn. (Ecclus. vii. 38.) 

Comfort one another, and edify one another. (1 Thess. 
m1.) 

Weep with those that weep. (Rom. XII. 14.) 

Religion clean and undefiled before God and the 
Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their 
ltribulation: and to keep one’s self unspotted from this 
world. (James i. 27.) 





Bearing Wrongs Patiently 


Finn we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet, 
comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient 


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toward all men. See that none render evil for evil to any 
man; but ever follow that which is good toward each 
other, and toward all men. (1 Thess. v. 14, Ifo) 

I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that 
you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called, 
with all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting 
one another in charity, careful to keep the unity of the 
Spirit in the bond of peace. (Epb. iv. 1-3.) 

Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy, and 
beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, mod- 
esty, patience, bearing with one another, and forgiving 
one another, if any have a complaint against another: 
even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also. But 
above all these things have charity, which is the bond 
of perfection. (Col. iii. 12-14.) 


Forgiving All Injuries 


{dememper not any injury done thee by thy neigh 
bor, and do thou nothing by deeds of injurv. (Ecclus 
x. 6.) 

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father asso is merch 
ful. Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condem1 
not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and 
you shall be forgiven. Give, and it shall be given te 
you: good measure and pressed down and shaken to: 
gether and running over shall they give into your bosom 
For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it 
shall be measured to you again. (Luke vi. 36-38.) 


Praying for the Living and the Dead 


RAY one for another, that you may be saved. Fo 
the continual prayer of a just man availeth much. (Jame 
v. 16.) 

It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray fo 
the dead, that they may be loosed from sins. (2 Macc 
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THE CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY 


Feeding the Hungry, Clothing the Naked, 
and Sheltering the Homeless 


(Ope thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy 
and the harborless into thy house: when thou shalt see one 
naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh. Then 
shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health 
shall speedily arise, and thy justice shall go before thy 
face, and the glory of the Lord shall gather thee up. 
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt 
cry, and He shall say: HereI am. If thou wilt take away 
the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch 
out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not. 
When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and 
shalt satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise up 
in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noonday. 
And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will 
fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and 
thou shalt be Itke a watered garden, and like a founta’n 
of water whose waters shall not fail. (fsa. Ivitt. 7-11.) 

Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you. And 
hospitality do not forget; for by this some, being not 
aware of it, have entertained angels. (Heb. xiii. 1, 2.) 

But before all things have a constant mutual charity 
among yourselves: for charity covereth a multitude of 
sins. Using hospitality one toward another, without 
murmuring, as every man hath received grace, minister- 
ing the same one to another: as good stewards of the mani- 
fold grace of God. (1 Peter iv. 8-10.) 

And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little 
ones a cup of coid water only in the name of a disciple, 
amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. (Matt. 


Be 42) 





Redeeming the Captives 


{2 ecover thy neighbor according to thy power. 


(Ecclus. xxix. 26.) 


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Remember them that are in bands, as if you were 
bound with them; and them that labor, as being your- 
selves also in the body. (Heb. xiii. 3-) 


Visiting the Sick and Burying the Dead 


DB: NOT slow to visit the sick: for by these things thou 
shalt be confirmed in love. (Ecclus. vii. 39-) 

When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the 
dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by 
day in thy house, and bury them by night, I offered 
thy prayer to the Lord. (Tob. xii. 12.) 

And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you 
trouble this woman? for she hath wrought a good work 
upon Me. For the poor you have always with you: but 
Me you have not always. For she in pouring this oint- 
ment upon My body, hath done it for My burial. Amen 
I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in 
the whole world, that also which she hath done, shall be 
told for a memory of her. (Matt. xxvi. 10-13.) 


Almsdeeds 


lay THAT hath the substance of this world, and shal 
see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from 
him: how doth the charity of God abide in him? My 
little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, bu: 
in deed, and in truth. In this we know that we are of th 
truth: and in His sight shall persuade our hearts. (1 Jobi 
ili. 17-19.) 

Give, and it shall be given unto you. (Luke vi. 38.) 

Acceptable is the man that showeth mercy and lendetk 
(Ps.| exi, v.) 

Then shall the king say to them that shall be on Hi 
right hand: Come, ye blessed of My Father, posses 
you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundatio 
of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave Me t 
eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me to drink; I was 
stranger, and you took Me in: naked, and you covere’ 
Me: sick, and you visited Me: I was in prison, and ye 





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same to Me. Then shall the just answer Him, saying: 
Lord, when did we see Thee hungry, and fed Thee; thirsty, 
and gave Thee drink? And when did we see Thee a 
stranger, and took Thee in? Or naked, and covered Thee? 
Or when did we see Thee sick or in prison, and came to 
Thee? And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen 
[ say to you, as long as you did it to one of these My 
east brethren, you did it to Me. (Matt. xxv. 34-40.) 

He that hath mercy on the poor Iendeth to the Lord; 
and the Lord will repay him. (Prov. xix. 17.) 

Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth 
sins. (Ecclus. il. 33-) 

Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy 
and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day. 
(PBs. xi. 2:) 

Alms maketh to find mercy and life everlasting. (Job 
i. 42.) 
| He that giveth to the poor shall not want. (Prov. 
KXVIll. 27.) 

God loveth a cheerful giver. (2 Cor. ix. 7.) 

And in doing good, Iet us not fail. For im due time 
we shall reap, not failing. Therefore, whilst we have time, 
let us work good to all men, but especially to those whe 
are of the household of the faith. (Gal. vi. 9, 10.) 

_ Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to your- 
selves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven 

hich faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth 
orrupteth. (Luke xii. 33.) 

Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away 
thy face from any poor person: for so it shall come to 
pass that the face of the Lord shall not be turned from 
thee. According to thy ability be merciful. If thou have 
much give abundantly: if thou have little, take care even 
so to bestow willingly a little. For thus thou storest up 
to thyself a good reward for the day of necessity. For 
alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not 
suffer the soul to go into darkness. Alms shall be a great 
confidence before the most high God, to all them that 
give it. (Tob. iv. 7-12.) 








534 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 
Prudence 


Oiz knowledge of the holy is prudence. (Prov. ix. 10.) 

The learning of wickedness is not wisdom, and the de- 
vice of sinners is not prudence. (Ecclus. xix. 19.) 

Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and pru- 
dent in your own conceits. (Isa. v. 21.) 

Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve 
thee. (Prov. ii. 11.) 

Give me wisdom that sitteth by Thy throne, . - . that 
she may be with me and labor with me, that I may know 
what is acceptable with thee. (Wis. ix. 4, 10.) 

There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is ne 
counsel against the Lord. (Prov. XXI. 30.) 

Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rick 
in prudence: The purchasing thereof is better than the 
merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefes 
and purest gold: She is more precious than all riches 
and all the things that are desired, are not to be com 
pared with her. Length of days is in her right hand, ane 
in her left hand riches and glory. Her ways are beautifu 
ways, and all her paths are peaceable. She is a tree 0 
life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retai 
her is blessed. The Lord by wisdom hath founded th 
earth, hath established the heavens by prudence. (Proi 
ill. 13-19.) 

The wisdom of the flesh is death; but the wisdom of th 
spirit is life and peace. Because the wisdom of the fles 
is an enemy to God; for it is not subject to the law of Goo 
neither can it be. And they who are in the flesh, cannc 
please God. (Rom. viii. 6-8.) 

But we renounce the hidden things of dishonesty, n« 
walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of Gor 
but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselv 
to every man’s conscience, in the sight of God. (2 Ce 
iv. 2.) 

See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectl 
not as unwise, but as wise: redeeming the time, becau 
the days are evil. Wherefore become not unwise, b 
understanding what is the will of God. (Epb. v. 15-1" 





MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 535 











Be ye, therefore, wise as serpents and simple as doves. 
(Matt. x. 16.) 
Attend that you may know prudence. (Prov. iv. 1.) 
Let thy eyelids go before thy steps. (Prov. iv. 25.) 
My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou shalt 
aot repent when thou hast done. Go not in the way of ruin, 
nd thou shalt not stumble against the stones: trust not 
thyself to a rugged way, lest thou set a stumbling-block 
to thy soul. And beware of thy own children, and take 
need of them of thy household. In every work of thine 
regard thy soul in faith: for this is the keeping of the 
commandments. (Ecclus. xxxii. 24-27-) 
Advise not with fools, for they cannot Iove but such 
things as please them. (Ecclus. viii. 20.) 
Let not the discourse of the ancients escape thee, for 
they have learned of their fathers: For of them thou shalt 
earn understanding, and to give an answer in time of 
eed. (Ecclus. viii. 11, 12.) 

Be prudent and watch in prayers. (1 Peter iv. 7.) 
Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and His 
justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. Be 
not therefore solicitous for to-morrow; for the morrow 
will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the 
evil thereof. (Matt. vi. 33, 34.) 


Justice 
O NOT any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in 

weight, or In measure. (Prov. xx. 23.) 
_ AIlI things whatsoever you would that men should do 
to you, do you alsoto them. (Matt. vii. 12.) 

See thou never do to another what thou wouldst hate 
to have done to thee by another. (Tob. iv. 16.) 
_ For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole 
world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what 
exchange shall a man give for his soul? (Matt. xvi. 26.) 

This is the will of God . . . that no man overreach, 
nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord 
is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you 
before, and have testified. (1 Thess. iv. 3, 6.) 


536 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


With the measure you mete, it shall be measured to 
you again. (Matt. vii. Dp), 

Render to all men their dues . . . owe no man any-" 
thing. (Rom. xiii. 7, 8.) 

Lift not up thine eyes to riches which thou canst not 
have. (Prov. xxiii. 5.) 


The Honor Due to God and the Saints 
C32 Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and Him only 


shalt thou serve. (Matt. iv. 10.) 

To me Thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly hon- 
orable. (Ps. exxxviil. 17.) 

Behold I will send My angel, who shall go before 
thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into 
the place that I have prepared. Take notice of him, and 
hear his voice, and do not think him one to be contemned: 
for he will not forgive when thou hast sinned, and My 
name. isnt him.s,, (Exod. xxit,|20,)21s) 

Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the 
Lord that made us. For He is the Lord our God: and 
we are the people, of His pasture and the sheep of His 
hand. (Ps. xciv. 6, 7-) 

Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing. (Ec: 
clus. XXxill. 9.) 

Blessed be the Name of the Lord. (Job Tet) 

Holy and terrible is His Name. (Ps. ex. 9.) 

Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day 
(Exod. xx. 8.) 


Rewards of Honoring Parents 


Ionor thy father and thy mother, that thou mayes 
be long-lived upon the land which the Lord thy God wi 
give thee. (Deut. v. 16.) 
He that honoreth his father shall have joy in his ow 
children. (Ecclus. iit. 6.) 
The glory of a man is from the honor of his fathe 
(Ecclus. iii. 12.) 





MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 537 







Honor thy father, that a blessing may come upon thee 
rom him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end. 
he father’s blessing establisheth the houses of the 
children: but the mother’s curse rooteth up the founda- 
ion. Glory not in the dishonor of thy father: for his 
shame is no glory to thee. For the glory of a man is from 
the honor of his father, and a father without honor is the 
lisgrace of the son. (Ecclus. iii. 10-13.) 

Piety is profitable to all things, having promise of the 
ife that now is, and of that which is to come. (1 Tim. 


v. 8.) 


Respect Due to Superiors 


I Tossa thy father, in work and word, and all patience. 
‘Ecclus. iii. 9.) 

Let the priests that rule well, be esteemed worthy of 
Jouble honor: especially they who labor in the word and 
Joctrine. (1 Tim. v. 17.) 

Rise up before hoary head and honor the person of 
the aged man. (Lev. xix. 32.) 

Render therefore to all men their dues. Tribute, to 
whom tribute is due: custom, to whom custom: fear, 
to whom fear: honor, to whom honor. (Rom. xill. 7.) 





- Obedience and Assistance Due to Superiors 


ib betersese obey your parents in the Lord, for this 
is just. (Epb. vi. 1.) 

Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him 
not in his life; and should his understanding fail, have 
patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in 
thy strength. (Ecclus. iit. 14.) 

Obey your prelates and be subject to them, for they 
watch to render an account of your soul. (Heb. xiit. 7.) 

Be ye subject to every human creature for God’s 
sake, whether it be to the king as excelling, or to gov- 
ernors as sent by him. (1 Peter ii. 13.) 


538 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


Servants, be obedient to them that are your lords, .. . 
serving with a good will as to the Lord, and not to men. 
(Epb. vi. 5-7.) 

Let every soul be subject to higher powers: for there is 
no power but from God: and those that are, are ordained 
of God. Therefore he that resisteth the power, resisteth 
the ordinance of God. And they that resist, purchase to 
themselves damnation. (Rom. xiii. 1, 2.) 

I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all 
men: for kings, and for all that are in high station: that 
we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all piety and 
chastity. (1 Tim. i. 1, 2.) 

Render therefore to Czsar the things that are Czsar’s; 
and to God, the things that are God’s. (Matt. xxii. 21.) 


Duties of Parents and Superiors 


Ds: THAT spareth the rod hateth his son; he that 
loveth him correcteth him betimes. (Prov. xiii. 24.) 

A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left 
to himself will become headstrong. Give thy son his way, 
and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he 
shall make thee sorrowful. Laugh not with him, lest thou 
have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge. 
Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his 
devices. Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat 
his sides while he is a child, Iest he grow stubborn, and 
regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee. 
(Ecclus. xxx. 8-12.) 

Hast thou children? Instruct them and bow down 
their necks from their childhood. (Ecclus. vii. 25.) 

And he that shall receive one such little child in My 
name, receiveth Me. But he that shall scandalize one of 
these little ones that believe in Me, it were better for him 
that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that 
he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe tc 
the world because of scandals. (Matt. xviii. 5-7.) 

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they’ 
be discouraged. (Col. iii. 21.) 





MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 539 


Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy 
household, and oppressing them that are under thee. 
(Ecclus. iv. 35.) 

And you, masters, do the same things to them, for- 
bearing threatenings, knowing that the Lord both of 
them and you is in heaven; and there is no respect of 
persons with him. (Epb. vi. 9.) 

If any man have not care of his own, and especially 
of those of his house, he hath denied the faith, and is 
worse than an infidel. (1 Tim. v. 8.) 

If any man hath done any work for thee, immediately 
pay him his hire, and Jet not the wages of thy hired 
servant stay with thee at all. (Tob. iv. 15.) 


Watching and Restraining the Tongue 


OR in many things we all offend. If any man offend 
not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with 
a bridle to lead about the whole body. For if we put bits 
Into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we 
turn about their whole body. Behold also ships, whereas 
they are great, and are driven by strong winds, yet are 
they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the 
force of the governor willeth. Even so the tongue Is indeed 
a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how 
small a fire kindleth a great wood. And the tongue is a 
fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among 
our members, which defileth the whole body, and in- 
flameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell. 
For every nature of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, 
and of the rest, is tamed, and hath been tamed, by the 
nature of man: But the tongue no man can tame, an 
unquiet evil, full of deadly poison. By it we bless God 
and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made 
after the likeness of God. Out of the same mouth pro- 
ceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things 
ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth, out of 
the same hole, sweet and bitter water? Can the fig tree, 
my brethren, bear grapes; or the vine, figs? So neither can 
the salt water yield sweet. Who is a wise man, and 


540 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew, by 
a good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom. 
But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contentions in 
your hearts; glory not, and be not liars against the truth. 
For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but 
earthly, sensual, devilish. (James ill. 2-15.) 

A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good 
things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth 
forth evil things. But I say unto you, that every idle word 
that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in 
the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justi- 
fied, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 
xii. 35-37-) 

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and a door 
round about my lips. (Ps. cxl. 3.) 

In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: 
but he that refraineth his lips is most wise. (Prov. x. 19.) 

Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in 
thy works. (Ecclus. iv. 34.) 

Let your speech be always m grace seasoned with 
salt: that you may know how you ought to answer every 
man. (Col. iv. 6.) 

A mild answer’ breaketh wrath: but a harsh worc 
stirreth up fury. (Prov. xv. 1.) 


Truthfulness 


Dix away lying, and speak ye the truth. (Epb. iv. 25. 

Lord, who shall dwell in Thy tabernacle? or who shal 
rest in Thy holy hill? He that walketh without blemisk 
and worketh justice: he that speaketh truth in his heart 
who hath not used deceit in his tongue: nor hath don 
evil to his neighbor: nor taken up a reproach against h) 
neighbors. In his sight the malignant is brought t 
nothing: but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord. H 
that sweareth to his neighbor, and deceiveth not; he the 
hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribe 
against the innocent: He that doth these things shall n« 
be moved for ever. (Ps. xiv. 1-7.) 

A lie is a foul blot in the mouth of a man. A thief 


MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS SAI 


better than a man that is always lying; but both of them 
shall inherit destruction. (Ecclus. xx. 26.) 

Be not willing to make any manner of lie. (Ecclus. 
Vii. 14.) 

He that speaketh sophistically is hateful. (Ecclus. 
XXXVII. 23.) 

Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to 
be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward 
of your Father Who is in heaven. Therefore when thou 
dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the 
hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that 
they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they 
have received their reward. But when thou dost alms, 
let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth. 
That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father Who 
seeth in secret will repay thee. (Matt. vi. I-4.) 

Wherefore putting away lying, speak ye the truth 
every man with his neighbor; for we are members one 
of another. (Epb. iv. 25.) 


Speaking Justly of Our Neighbor 


ETRACT not one another. (James iv. 18 v5) 

A good name is better than great riches. (Prov. xxii. 
tr.) 

Have nothing to do with detractors, for their destruc- 
tion shall arise suddenly. (Prov. xxiv. 21.) 

Hedge in thine ears with thorns, hear not a wicked 
Itongue. (Ecclus. xxviii. 28.) 

The detractor is the abomination of men. (Prov. 
XXIV. 9.) 

Be not witness without cause against thy neighbor: 
and deceive not any man with thy lips. Say not: I will 
do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every 
one according to his work. (Prov. xxiv. 28, 29.) 








542 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 
FORTITUDE 


Courage in Doing Good 


@xcecr the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart 
take courage, and wait thou for the Lord. (Ps. xxvi. 14.) | 

And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess Me before | 
men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the 
angels of God. (Luke xit. 8.) 

He that taketh not up his cross, and followeth Me, is 
not worthy of Me. He that findeth his life, shall lose it: 
and he that shall lose his life for Me, shall find it. (Matt. 
x. 38-39.) 

Take courage, and be strong. Take courage, and be 
very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the 
law, which Moses My servant hath commanded thee: 
turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that 
thou mayst understand all things which thou dost... . 
Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. 
Fear not and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy 
God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go 
to. (Josue i. 6-9.) 

Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about 
seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong 
in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls your 
brethren who are in the world. (1 Peter v. 8, 9.) 

I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, 
and the word of God abideth in you, and you have over- 
come the wicked one. (Jobn ii. 14.) 

Labor as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. (2 Tim. il. 3.) 

And they indeed went from the presence of the coun- 
ceil, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer 
reproach for the name of Jesus. (Acts v. 41.) 

Strive for justice for thy soul, and even unto death 
fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy enemies for 
thee. (Ecclus. iv. 33-) 


MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 543 


Patience 







HE fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience. 
Gal. v. 22.) 

For this is thankworthy, if for conscience toward God, 
man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully. For what 
Islory is it, if committing sin, and being buffeted for it, 
ou endure? But if doing well you suffer patiently; 
shis is thankworthy before God. For unto this are you 
ralled: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you 
an example that you should follow His steps. Who did 
10 sin, neither was guile found m His mouth. Who, when 
He was reviled, did not revile: when He suffered, He 
chreatened not: but delivered Himself to him that judged 
dim unjustly. Who His own self bore our sins in His 
yody upon the tree: that we, being dead to sins, should 
ive to justice: by whose stripes you were healed. (1 Peter 
i. 19-24.) 


Perseverance 


N:: THAT shall persevere unto the end, he shall be 
saved. (Matt. x. 22.) 

Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the 
»lough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God, 
Luke ix. 62.) 

Brethren, be not weary in well-doing. (2 Thess. iii. 13.) 

If you continue in My word, you shall be My dis- 
ples indeed. (Jobn viii. 31.) 

Persevere under chastisement. God dealeth with you 
is with His sons. (Heb. xii. 7.) 

In doing good Jet us not fail. For in due time we shall 
‘eap, not failing. (Gal. vi. 9, 10.) Be thou faithful until 
leath, and I will give thee the crown of life. (Apoc. 
= 10.) 

He that shall overcome, shall thus be clothed in white 
sarments, and IJ will not blot out his name out of the book 
of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and 
yefore His angels. (Apoc. iii. 5.) 





544 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, 
I have kept the faith. As to the rest, there is laid up for 
me a crown of justice, which the Lord the just judge 
will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but 
to them also that love His coming. Make haste to come 
to me quickly. (2 Tim. iv. 7, 8.) 


Mortification 


By SURFEITING many have perished, but he that 
is temperate shall prolong life. (Ecclus. xxxvil. 34.) 

Be sober and watch because your adversary the devil, 
as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may 
devour. (1 Peter v. 8.) 

And you, employing all care, minister m your faith, 
virtue; and in virtue, knowledge; And in knowledge. 
abstinence; and in abstinence, patience; and in patience, 
godliness. (2 Peter i. 5, 6.) 

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no 
provision for the flesh in its concupiscences. (Rom 
Xill. 14.) 

And take heed to yourselves, Iest perhaps your heart 
be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and th 
cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly 
For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the fac 
of the whole earth. Watch ye, therefore, praying at a 
times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape a 
these things that are to come, and to stand before the So 
of man. (Luke xxi. 34-36.) 

Prayer is good with fasting and alms, more than to fa 
up treasures of gold. (Tob. xii. 8.) 

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the fles] 
to live according to the flesh. For if you live according 1 
the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortil, 
the deeds of the flesh, you shall live. (Rom. viii. 12, 13 


MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 545 


CHASTITY 
















LESSED are the clean of heart: for they shall see 
God. (Matt. v. 8.) 

Know you not that your bodies are the members of 
Christ? Or know you not, that your members are the 
temple of the Holy Ghost, Who Is in you, Whom you have 
from God; and you are not your own? For you are 
bought with a great price. Glorify and bear God in your 
body. (1 Cor. vi. 14, 10,, 20.) 

And as I knew that I could not otherwise be continent, 
except God gave it, and this also was a point of wisdom, 
to know Whose gift it was: I went to the Lord, and be- 
sought Him. (Wis. viii. 21.) 

O how beautiful is the chaste generation with glory: 
for the memory thereof is immortal: because it is known 
both with God and with men. When it is present, they 
imitate it: and they desire it when it hath withdrawn 
itself, and it triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the 
eward of undefiled conflicts. (Wis. iv. 1, 2.) 

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, 
to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against 
the soul. (1 Peter it. 11.) 

Evil thoughts are an abomination to the Lord: and 
ure words most beautiful shall be confirmed by him. 
(Prov. xv. 26.) 

He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his 
ips shall have the king for his friend. (Prov. xxii. 11.) 

And no price is worthy of a continent soul. (Ecclus. 
IXXVI. 20.) 

And I beheld, and Io! a lamb stood upon Mount Sion, 
and with Him an hundred forty-four thousand, having His 
mame, and the name of His Father, written on their fore- 
heads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of 
many waters, and as the voice of great thunder; and the 
voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers, harping 
on their harps. And they sang as it were a new canticle, 
before the throne, and before the four living creatures 
and the ancients; and no man could say the canticle, but 





546 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


those hundred forty-four thousand, who were purchased 
from the earth. These are they who were not defiled 
with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb 
whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from 
among men, the first-fruits to God and to the Lamb: And 
in their mouth there was found no lie; for they are without 
spot before the throne of God. (Apoc. XIv. I-5.) 


MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY 


1S \.aehan are the meek, for they shall possess the land. © 
(Matt. v. 4.) | 

Take up My yoke upon you, and learn of Me, because I 
am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to 
your souls. (Matt. xi. 29.) 

Admonish them to speak evil of no man, not to be 
litigious, but gentle: showing all mildness toward all men. 
(Tatts. mi, 2) 

I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that 
you walk worthy of the vocation m which you are called, 
With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting 
one another in charity. (Epb. iv. 1, 2.) 

Never suffer pride to reign in thy mind, or in thy 
words: for from it all perdition took its beginning. (Tob. 
iv. 14.) | 

Boast not for to-morrow, for thou knowest not what 
the day to come may bring forth. Let another praise 
thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy 
own lips. (Prov. xxvil. I, 2.) 

Knowing that the Father had given Him all things 
into His hands, and that He came from God, and goeth 
to God; He riseth from supper, and layeth aside His 
garments, and having taken a towel, girded Himself. 
After that, He putteth water into a basin, and began to 
wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the 
towel wherewith He was girded. Then after He had 
washed their feet, and taken His garments, being set down 
again, He said to them: Know you what I have done to 
you? You call Me Master, and Lord; and you say well, 
forsol am. If then I being your Lord and Master, have| 













MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 547 


ashed your feet; you also ought to wash one another’s 
et. For I have given you an example, that as I have 
one to you, so you do also. (Jobn xiii. 3-15.) 

Why is earth and ashes proud? (Ecclus. x. 9.) 

For who distinguisheth thee? Or what hast thou that 
hou hast not received? And if thou hast received, why 
ost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? (1 Cor. 
V7.) 

But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: 
sod resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 
ames iv. 6.) 

For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ 
esus: Who being in the form of God, thought it not 
bbery to be equal with God: but emptied Himself, tak- 
ng the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of 
en, and in habit found as a man. He humbled Himself, 
xecoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the 
ross. For which cause God also hath exalted him, and 
1ath given Him a Name which is above all names: that 
n the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those 
hat are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth: And 
hat every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus 
Thrist is in the glory of God the Father. (Philipp. u. 
\-I1.) 


DEATH 
The Vanity and Uncertainty of Life 
N: KNOWETH our frame. He remembereth that we 


ure dust. Man’s days are as grass, as the flower of the 
ield so shall he flourish. For the spirit shall pass in him, 
and he shall not be; and he shall know his place no more. 
‘Ps. cii. 14-16.) 

A thousand years in Thy sight are as yesterday which 
past, and as a watch in the night. As things that are 
sounted nothing shall their years be. In the morning 
man shall grow up like grass, in the morning he shall 
Jourish and pass away; in the evening he shall fall, 
zrow dry, and wither. (Ps. Ixxxix. 4-6.) 





548 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


All flesh is as grass: and all the glory thereof as the 
flower of grass. The grass is withered, and the flower 
thereof is fallen away. (1 Peter 1, 24.) 

Lord, what is man, that Thou art made known to 
him? or the son of man, that Thou makest account of 
him? Man is like to vanity; his days pass away like a 
shadow. (Ps. exliti. 3-4.) 

For what is your life? It is a vapor which appeareth for 
a little while, and afterwards shall vanish away. For 
that you should say: If the Lord will, and if we shall 
live, we will do this or that. But now you rejoice in 
your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked. (James 
iv. 15-16.) 

Boast not for to-morrow, for thou knowest not what 
the day to come may bring forth. (Prov. xxvii. 1.) 

Behold now, you that say: To-day or to-morrow we 
will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year, 
and will traffic, and make our gain; Whereas you know 
not what shall be on the morrow. (James iv. 13-14.) 


Death Ends Our Work | 
ale IS appointed for men once to die, and after thi 
the judgment. (Heb. ix. 27.) 

The days of man are short, and the number of hi 
months is with Thee; Thou hast appointed his bound; 
which cannot be passed. (Job xiv. 5-) 

O Lord, make me know my end, and what is the num 
ber of my days, that I may know what is wanting to m« 
(Ps. xxxviil. 5.) 

The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his day 
are like the days of a hireling. As a servant longeth fe 
the shade, and as the hireling Iooketh for the end of h 
work. (Job vii. 1-2.) 









The Nearness of Death 


Bnowp, short years pass away, and I am walki 
in a path by which | shall not return. (Job xvi. 23.) 


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We are sojourners before Thee, and strangers, as were 
ul our fathers. Our days upon earth are as a shadow, 
nd there is no stay. (1 Par. xxix. 15.) 
i: Man, born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled 
with many miseries. He cometh forth like a flower and 
s destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never con- 
‘inueth in the same state. And dost Thou think it meet 
0 open Thy eyes upon such a one, and to bring him 
nto judgment with Thee? (Job xiv. 1-3.) 

We have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that 
stocome. (Heb. xiii. 14.) 


The Death of the Wicked 


on praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the 
1ypocrite but for a moment. If his pride mount up even 
o heaven, and his head touch the clouds, in the end he 
hall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that had seen 
im, shall say: Where ts he? (Job xx. 5-7.) 

As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he 
hall pass as a vision of the night. The eyes that had 
een him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place 
my more behold him. (Job xx. 8-0.) 

How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, 
nd a deluge come upon them, and He shall distribute 
he sorrows of His wrath? They shall be as chaff before 
he face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind 
cattereth. (Job xxi. 17-18.) 

They shall suddenly die, and the people shall be 

roubled at midnight, and they shall pass, and take 
way the violent without hand. (Job xxxiv. 20.) 
Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest 
all oppress him in the night. A burning wind shall take 
im up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall 
natch him from his place. And He shall cast upon him, 
nd shall not spare. Out of His hand he would willingly 
ee. He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss 
t him, beholding his place. (Job xxvii. 20-23.) 

They shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the 
reen herbs shall quickly fall. For yet a little while, and 





5450 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


the wicked shall not be; and thou shalt seek his place, 
and shalt not find it. (Ps. xxxvi. 2, 10.) 

I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up 
like the cedars of Lebanon: And I passed by, and lo, he 
was not; and I sought him, and his place was not found. 


(Ps. xxxvi. 35-36.) 
The Folly of a Wicked Life 


dan is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetous- 
ness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul? 
The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing 
with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing. (Job 
xxv. 8, 19.) 

He shall not see destruction, when He shall see the 
wise dying; the senseless and the fools shall perish 
together. And they shall leave their riches to strangers. 
They are laid in the grave like sheep; death shall feed 
upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them 
in the morning: and their help shall decay in hell from 
their glory. (Ps. xlviii. 10-11.) 

As the tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no 
more. And the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 
(Prov. x. 25, 27-) 

God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth 
it unto pride; but His eyes are upon his ways. They are: 
lifted up for a little while, and shall not stand, and shall 
be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, 
and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken. 


(Job xxiv. 23-24.) 
The Death of the Just 
TO enous in the sight of the Lord is the death o 


His saints. (Ps. exv. 15.) 

The souls of the just are in the hands of God, an 
the torment of death shall not touch them. In the sigh 
of the unwise they seemed to die, and their departur 
was taken for misery, and their going away from us, fc 
utter destruction; but they are in peace. And thoug 











MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS S451 


n the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope 
s full of immortality. (Wis. iii. 1-4.) 

He was taken away lest wickedness should alter his 

nderstanding, or deceit beguile his soul. For the be- 
witching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wan- 
ering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind. 
Wis. iv. 11-12.) 
Being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long 
rime; for his soul pleased God: therefore He hastened to 
ring him out of the midst of iniquities; but the people 
see this, and understand not, nor Jay up such things in 
their hearts. (Wis. iv. 13~14.) 

Within him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the 
atter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed. 
Esd. i. 13.) 

I heard a voice from heaven saying to me: Write, 
lessed are the dead who die in the Lord. From hence- 
orth now, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their 
abors; for their works follow them. (Apoc. xiv. 13.) 


Death Has No Terrors for the Just 


| a 

OHoucH I should walk in the midst of the shadow 
ff death, I will fear no evils, for Thou art with me. Thy 
od and Thy staff, they have comforted me. (Ps. xxii. 


Fear not; I am the first and the Iast. (Apoc. i. 17.) 

To me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (Philipp. 
M21) 

And if to live in the flesh, this is to me the fruit of 
ibor; and what I shall choose, I know not. But I am 
traitened between two, having a desire to be dissolved, 
nd to be with Christ, being by much the better. But to 
emain in the flesh is necessary for you. (Philipp. i. 
2-24.) 

We know that if our earthly house of this habitation 
e dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house 
ot made with hands, eternal in heaven. For we also, 
yho are in this tabernacle, do groan being burdened; be- 
ause we would not be unclothed, but clothed over, that 





542 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now He 
that maketh us for this very thing is God, who hath 
given us the pledge of the Spirit. Therefore, having 
always confidence, knowing that, while we are in the 
body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I 
say, and have a good will to be absent rather from the 
body, and to be present with the Lord. And therefore 
we labor, whether absent or present, to please Him. 
(2 Cor. v. 4-9.) 
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. (Acts vil. 58.) 


The Happiness of a Good Death 


MD: THAT believeth in Me, although he be dead, shall 
live; and every one that liveth, and believeth in Me, 
shall not die forever. (Jobn xi. 25-26.) 

There remaineth, therefore, a rest for the people of 
God. For he who ts entered into his rest, he also hath 
rested from his own works, as God from His. Let us 
hasten, therefore, to enter into that rest. (Heb. tv. 9-1 12 

Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly anc 
be at rest? (Ps. Itv. 7-) | 

There the wicked cease from tumult, and there thi 
wearied in strength are at rest. (Job iit. 17-) 

The just man if he be prevented with death, shall b! 
in rest. He pleased God and was beloved, and livin) 
among sinners he was translated... (Wis. Iv-7,,10-) 

We will not have you ignorant, brethren, concernin 
them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful eve 
as others who have no hope; for if we believe that Jesu 
died, and rose again, even so them who have slef, 
through Jesus, God will bring with Him. (1 Thess. 1] 
1200132) : 


Preparation for Death 
Ts MUST work the works of Him that sent Me, whi 


it is day: the night cometh when no man can W0'} 


(Jobn ix. 4.) 


MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 553 


The time is short: it remaineth that they that weep 
xe as though they wept not, and they that rejoice as if 
hey rejoiced not, and they that use this world, as if they 
se it not; for the fashion of this world passeth away. 
(1 Cor. vii. 30-31.) 
Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before 
the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of 
which thou shalt say: They please me not: before the 
silver cord be loosed, and the golden bowl be broken, 
ind the pitcher be crushed at the fountain, and the wheel 
ye broken upon the cistern, and the dust return into its 
sarth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, 
who gave it. (Eccles. xii. 1, 6.) 

Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord, when He 
cometh, shall find watching. (Luke xii. 37.) 














JUDGMENT 


The Particular and General Judgments 





T IS appointed unto men once to die, and after this 
he judgment. (Heb. ix. 27.) 

All the hosts of the heavens shall pine away, and the 
teavens shall be folded together as a book; and all their 
fost shall fall down as the leaf falleth from the vine and 
om the fig-tree. (Js. xxxiv. 4.) 

Immediately after the tribulation of those days the 
fun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her 
fight. And the stars shall fall from heaven, and the 
howers of the heavens shall be moved. And then shall 
!ppear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then 
hall all the tribes of the earth mourn. And they shall 
ee the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven 
vith much power and majesty. And He shall send 
lis angels with a trumpet, and a great voice; and they 
hall gather together His elect from the four winds, from 
lhe farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of 
Jhem. Heaven and earth shall pass, but My words shall 
ot pass. (Matt. xxiv. 29-31, 35.) 


554 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


Behold He cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall 
see Him, and they also that pierced Him. (Apoe. i. 7-) 

The Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father 
with His angels; and then will He render to every man 
according to his works. (Matt. Xvi. 27.) 

God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and 
then shall be the time of everything. (Eccles. tii. 17-) 

There is nothing covered that shall not be revealed; 
nor hidden, that shall not be known. (Luke xii. 2.) 

Every man’s work shall be manifest, for the day of the 
Lord shall declare it. (1 Cor. mt. 13.) 

If God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered 
them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, 
unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment: the Lord — 
knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but 
to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be 
tormented. (2 Peter it. 4, 9.) 

Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall 
render an account for it in the day of judgment. For 
by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words 
thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. xii. 36-37-) 


The Judge 


aif BEHELD till thrones were placed, and the Ancient’ 
of Days sat: His garment was white as snow, and the hair 
of His head like clean wool: His throne like flames of fire: 
the wheels of it like a burning fire. A swift stream of 
fire issued forth from before Him: thousands of thousands 
ministered to Him, and ten thousand times a hundred) 
thousand stood before Him: the Judgment sat and the 
books were opened. (Dan. vil. 9, 10.) 


Those Who are to be Judged 


i Ec a great white throne, and One sitting upon it 
from Whose face the earth and heaven fled away, anc 
there was no place found for them. And I saw the dead 
great and small, standing in the presence of the throne 


MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 555 


and the books were opened; and another book was 
opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were 
judged by those things which were written in the books, 
according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead, 
that were in it, and death and hell gave up their dead, 
that were in them; and they were judged every one 
according to their works. (Apoc. xx. 11-13.) 

The kings of the earth, and the princes, and the tribunes, 
and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman, and 
every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the 
rocks of the mountains. And they say to the mountains 
and the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us from the face 
of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath 
of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath is come, 
and who shall be able to stand? (Apoc. vi. 15-17.) 

When the Son of man shall come in His majesty, and 
al! the angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the seat of 
His majesty. And all nations shall be gathered together 
before Him, and He shall separate them one from another, 
as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: 
and He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the 
goats on His left. (Matt. xxv. 31-33.) 






















The Sentence of the Just 


ar shall the King say to them that shall be on His 
\right hand: Come, ye blessed of My Father, possess you 
\the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the 
world. For I was hungry, and you gave Me to eat: I was 
\thirsty, and you gave Me to drink: I was a stranger, and 
jyou took Me in: naked, and you covered Me: sick, and 
you visited Me: I was in prison, and you came to Me. 
Then shall the just answer Him, saying: Lord, when did 
we see Thee hungry, and fed Thee; thirsty, and gave 
Thee drink? And when did we see Thee a stranger, and 
took Theem? Or naked, and covered Thee? Or when did 
e see Thee sick or in prison, and come to Thee? And 
he King, answering, shali say to them: Amen I say to 
lyou, as long as you did it to one of these My least brethren, 
you did it to Me. (Matt. xxv. 34-40.) 


556 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


The Sentence of the Wicked 


(ras He shall say to them also that shall be on His 
left hand: Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting 
fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels. 
For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was 
thirsty and you gave Me not to drink: I was a stranger, 
and you took Me not in: naked, and you covered Me not: 
sick and in prison and you did not visit Me. Then they 
also shall answer Him, saying: Lord, when did we see 
Thee hungry or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, 
or in prison, and did not minister to Thee? Then He 
shall answer them, saying: Amen, I say to you, as long as 
you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it 
to Me. And these shall go into everlasting punishment: 
but the just into life everlasting. (Matt. xxv. 41-45.) 


The Thought of the Judgment a Consolation 
to the Just 


De HATH prepared His throne in judgment: and He 
shall judge the world in equity. He shall judge the people 
in justice. (Ps. ix. 8, 9.) 

He hath appointed a day wherein He will judge the 
world in equity, by the man whom He hath appointed, 
giving faith to all, by raising Him up from the dead 
(Acts xvil. 31.) 

The Son of man shall come in the glory of His Fathe 
with His angels, and then will He render to every mat 
according to his works. (Matt. xvi. 27.) 

Behold, I come quickly, and My reward is with Me, t 
render to every man according to his works. (A poc 
XXII. 12.) 


The Thought of the Judgment is Terrible 
to the Wicked 


ra ie IS a fearful thing to fall into the hands of th. 
living God. (Heb. x. 31.) } 
















MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 557 


The wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, 
and He shall be brought to the day of wrath. (Job xxi. 
30.) 

The nations were angry: and Thy wrath is come, and 
the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and 
that Thou shouldst render reward to Thy servants the 

rophets and to the saints, and to them that fear Thy 
name, little and great, and shouldst destroy them who 
have corrupted the earth. (Apoc. xi. 18.) 


Preparation for the Judgment 


Walk in the ways of the heart, and in the sight of thine 
2yes: and know that for all these God will bring thee to 
judgment. (Eccles. xi. 9.) 

Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you 
{may be accounted worthy to escape all these things 
-hat are to come, and to stand before the Son of man. 


‘Luke xxi. 36.) 
HELL 


The Pain of Loss 


E SHALL say to you: I know you not whence you 
re: depart from Me, all ye workers of iniquity. (Luke 
Ill. 27.) 

Because they forsook Me, and I hid My face from 
hem: and [| delivered them into the hands of their 
memies, and they fell all by the sword. I have dealt with 
hem according to their uncleanness, and wickedness, and 
uid My face from them. (Ezech. xxxix. 23, 24.) 

Then shall they cry to the Lord, and He will not 
lear them; and He will hide His face from them at that 


558 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices. 
(Micb. iti. 4.) 

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you 
shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the 
prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves 
thrust out. (Luke xiii. 28.) 

The children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the 
exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. (Matt. viii. 12.) 


The Pain of Sense 


Onuey that work iniquity shall be cast into the furnace 
of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth 
(Matt. xiii. 42.) 

Lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he sav 
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom; and hy 
cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on meé 
and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finge 
in water, to cool my tongue, for | am tormented in thi 
flame. (Luke xvi. 23, 24.) | 

The smoke of their torments shall ascend up forevé 
and ever: neither: have they rest day nor night, who hay 
adored the beast. (Apoc. xiv. II.) 


Despair of the Damned 


' 
umn shall the just stand with great constancy again 
those that have afflicted them. These, seeing it, shall 
troubled with terrible fear, saying within themselv: 
repenting, and groaning for anguish of spirit: These < 
they, whom we had some time in derision, and for} 
parable of reproach. We fools esteemed their life me; 
ness, and their end without honor. Behold how they ¢} 
numbered among the children of God, and their lot} 
among the saints. Therefore we have erred from ; 
way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined u: 
us. And the sun of understanding hath not risen up} 
us. We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity < 
destruction, and have walked through hard ways: |} 





MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 559 


he way of the Lord we have not known. What hath 
ride profited us? Or what advantage hath the boasting 
f riches brought us? All those things are passed away 
ke a shadow. (Wis. v. 1-9.) 


The Eternity of Hell 


| Davy of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall 
wake: some unto life everlasting, and others unto re- 
roach to see it always. (Dan. xii. 2.) 

Then He shall say to them also that shall be on His 
ft hand: Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlast- 
jg fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels. 
\Matt. xxv. 41.) 

They shall go into everlasting punishment. (Matt. xxv. 


6.) 

| And the angels who kept not their principality, but 
Hrsook their own habitation, He hath reserved under 
farkness in everlasting chains, unto the judgment of the 
reat day. As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the neighboring 
ities, in like manner, having given themselves to fornica- 
lion, and going after other flesh, were made an example, 
luffering the punishment of eternal fire. (Jude 6, 7.) 

And to you who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord 
esus shall be revealed from heaven, with the angels of 
lis power: in a flame of fire, yielding vengeance to them 
tho know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our 
tiord Jesus Christ. Who shall suffer eternal punishment 
a destruction, from the face of the Lord, and from the 
lory of His power. (2 Thess. i. 7-9.) 

And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off. It is 
etter for thee to enter into life, maimed, than having 
lwo hands to go into hell, into unquenchable fire: where 
heir worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. 
ind if thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off. It is better 
jor thee to enter lame into life everlasting, than having 
o feet, to be cast into the hell of unquenchable fire: 
where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extin- 
uished. And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out. It 
s better for thee with one eye to enter into the kingdom 





















560 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


of God, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell 
of fire: where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
extinguished. (Mark ix. 42-47.) 


Impenitence the Cause of Damnation 


Gop spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered 
them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell unte 
torments to be reserved unto judgment. (2 Peter it. Ae. 

The angels, who kept not their principality, but forsook 
their own habitation, He hath reserved under darkness i 
everlasting chains, unto the judgment of the great day 
(Jude 6.) 

The congregation of sinners is like tow heaped to 
gether, and the end of them is a flame of fire. The way 
of sinners is made plain with stones, and in their end i 
hell, and darkness, and pains. He that keepeth justic 
shall get the understanding thereof. (Ecclus. xxi. 10-12. 

Wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth t 
destruction, and many there are who go in thereat 
(Matt. vii. 13.) , 

[They who obey not the gospel] shall suffer eterné 
punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lore 
and from the glory of His power. (2 Thess. 1. 9.) 

When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and d 
struction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribu 
lation and distress shall come upon you, then shall the 
call upon Me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in th 
morning, and shall not find Me; because they have hate 
instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord, nc 
consented to My counsel, but despised all My reproo 
(Prov. i. 27-30.) | 


| 


MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 46 I 


How to Avoid Hell 








EAR ye not them that kill the body, and are not able 
o kill the soul; but rather fear Him that can destroy both 
oul and body into hell. (Matt. x. 28.) 

If thy hand or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off, and 
ast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life 
aimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to 
e cast into everlasting fire. (Matt. xviii. 8.) 

If thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out. It is better 
‘or thee with one eye to enter into the kingdom of God, 
han having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire, where 
heir worm dieth not. (Mark ix. 46, 47.) 


HEAVEN 
In Heaven There Shall be No Evils 


E SHALL cast death down headlong forever. (Is. 
xv. 8.) 
| Death shall be no more. (Apoc. xxi. 4.) 

I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort 
hem and make them joyful after their sorrow. (Jer. 
XXI. 13.) 

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com- 
orted. (Matt. v. 5.) 

God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and 
leath shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor 
orrow shall be any more, for the former things are 
assed away. (Apoc. xxi. 4.) 

Night shall be no more: and they shall not need the 
ight of Iamp, for the Lord God shall enlighten them, 
nd they shall reign forever and ever. (Apoc. xxii. 5.) 


562 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


They shall no more hunger nor thirst, neither shall the’ 
sun fall on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb, which is 
in the midst of the throne, shall rule them, and shal] 
lead them to the fountains of the waters of life, and God 
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. (Apoc. vil. 16, 


17.) 

They shall come and shall give praise in Mount 
Sion: and they shall flow to the good things of the Lord, 
and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they 
shall be hungry no more. (Jer. xxxi. 12.) 


Heaven Means the Possession of All Good 


Oue throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it 
and His servants shall serve Him. And they shall see Hi: 
face; and His name shall be on their foreheads. (Apoc 
xxii. 3, 4.) 

With Thee is the fountain of life; and in Thy ligh 
we shall see light. (Ps. xxxv. 10.) 

We know that, when He shall appear, we shall b 
like to Him; because we shall see Him as He is. (1 Job 


iii. 2.) 
Thou shalt fill me with joy with Thy countenanc: 


(Ps. xv. 11.) 

And they fell down before the throne upon their face: 
and adored God, saying: Amen. Benediction, and glor: 
and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honor, and power, al 
strength to our God forever and ever. Amen. (Ape 


vil. I1, 12.) 

Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glor 
and honor, and power: because Thou hast created | 
things; and for Thy will they were, and have be 
created. (Apoc. iv. 8-11.) 

The Just shall go into life everlasting. (Matt. x 
46.) 
And I, John, saw the holy city the new Jerusal 
coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as 
bride adorned for her husband. (Apoc. xxi. 2.) 


MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 563 


I saw no temple therein. For the Lord God almighty 
the temple thereof, and the Lamb. And the city 
ath no need of the sun, nor of the moon to shine in it. 
“or the glory of God hath enlightened it, and the Lamb 
3 the Jamp thereof. And the nations shall walk in the 
ight of it. (Apoc. xxi. 22-24.) 

_ He that shall overcome I will make him a pillar in the 
emple of my God; and he shall go out no more. (Apoc. 
ye) 

To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with 
Me in My throne: as I also have overcome, and am set 
lown with My Father, n His throne. (Apoe. il. 21.) 

In My Father’s house there are many mansions. If 
\ot, I would have told you, because I go to prepare a place 
or you. And if I shall go, and prepare a place for 
rou: I will come again, and will take you to Myself, 
hat where I am, you also may be. (Jobn xiv. 2, 3.) 

Father, I will that where I am, they also whom Thou 
ast given Me may be with Me, that they may see My 
‘lory which Thou hast given Me, because Thou hast loved 
Ae before the foundation of the world. (Jobn xvii. 24.) 
My people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the 
abernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest. (Js. xxxii. 
8.) 

They that are redeemed by the Lord, shall return, 
nd shall come into Sion singing praises, and joy everlasting 
hall be upon their heads, they shall obtain joy and glad- 
ess, sorrow and mourning shall flee away. (Js. Ii. 11.) 

They shall rejoice before Thee, as they that rejoice in the 
arvest, as conquerors rejoice after taking a prey, when 
hey divide the spoils. (Js. ix. 3.) 

You shall find rest to your souls. (Matt. xi. 29.) 
There the wearied in strength are at rest. (Job. ut. 17.) 
There remaineth a day of rest for the people of God. 
‘or he that is entered into his rest, the same also hath 
ested from his works, as God did from His. Let us hasten, 
herefore, to enter into that rest. (Heb. iv. 9-11.) 

Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and 

ve at rest? (Ps. liv. 7.) 


















564 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


You shall see and your heart shall rejoice, and your 
bones shall flourish like an herb, and the hand of the 
Lord shall be known to His servants. (Js. Ixvi. 13, 14.) 

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, 
and thy health shall speedily arise. (Js. Iviii. 8.) 

I dispose to you, as My Father hath disposed to Me, 
a kingdom: that you may eat and drink at My table in 
My kingdom: and may sit upon thrones judging the 
twelve tribes of Israel. (Luke xxii. 29, 30.) 

They shall be inebriated with the plenty of Thy 
house; and Thou shalt make them drink of the torrent 
of Thy pleasure. (Ps. xxxv. 9.) 


How to Obtain Heaven 


Ey not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where 
the rust and moth consume, and where thieves break 
through and steal. But lay up to yourselves treasures 
in heaven, where neither rust nor moth doth consume, 
and where thieves do not break through nor steal. (Matt. 
vi. 19, 20.) 

He that hath an ear Jet him hear what the Spirit 
saith to the churches: To him that overcometh, I will 
give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of 
my God. (Apoc. ii. 7.) 

To him that overcometh, I will give the hidden 
manna, and will give him a white counter, and in the 
counter a new name written, which no man knoweth 
but he that receiveth it. (Apoc. ii. 17.) 

Walk worthy of God who hath called you unto His 
kingdom and glory. (1 Tim. ii. 12.) 

When the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall 
receive a never-fading crown of glory. (1 Peter v. 4.) 

Not every one that saith to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter 
into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of 
My Father, Who is in heaven. he shall enter into the king- 
dom of heaven. (Matt. vii. 21.) 





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Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid 
them not to come to Me: for the kingdom of heaven is 
for such. The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, 
and the violent bear it away. (Matt. xi. 12.) 

He that hateth his life m this world keepeth it unto 
life eternal. (Jobn xii. 25.) 





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DEVOUT REFLECTIONS DRAWN 
FROM THE IMITATION 
OF CHRIST 


THE VANITY OF EARTHLY THINGS 


T IS vanity to seek perishing riches, and to trust in 
them. Vanity, also, it is, to court honors, and to lift up 
one’s self on high. It is vanity to follow the desires of the 
flesh; and to desire that, for which hereafter there must 
be a heavy penalty. It is vanity to wish a long life, and to 
take but little pains about a good life. It is vanity to 
attend only to the present life, and not to look forward to 
the things that are to come. It is vanity to love what is 
passing away with all speed, and not to be hasting thither 
where endless joy abideth. (I. 1.) 


True Wisdom 


Co highest and most useful Iesson we can learn is 
this, to know truly and to look down upon ourselves. To 
think nothing of ourselves, and always to judge well and 


highly of others, is great wisdom and high perfection. 
WE 2) 





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Prudence in What We Do 


T IS great wisdom not to be rash in what is to be 
done, and not to persist obstinately in our own opinions. 
It is a part of this wisdom also, not to believe everything 
men say, nor straightway to pour into the ears of others 
what we have heard or believed. Take counsel of a wise 
and conscientious man, and seek rather to be instructed 
by one that is better, than to follow thine own inventions. 


(I. 4.) 
Peace of Heart 


Ve IS by resisting the passions, and not by serving 
them, that true peace of heart is to be found. Peace 
therefore is not in the heart of the carnal man, nor in the 
man who is devoted to outward things, but in the fervent 
and spiritual man. (I. 6.) 


Company and Conversation 


Gs as much as possible the tumult of men; for the 
treating of worldly affairs is a great hindrance, even though 
they be discoursed of with a simple intention. For we are 
too easily contaminated and ensnared with vanity. I 
would that many a time I had kept silence, and not been 
in company. Why are we so fond of speaking and of 
talking idly together, when yet we seldom return to 
silence without some wound to conscience? The reason 
why we are so fond of talking is, that we seek consolation 
from one another by much discoursing together; and we 
wish to lighten our heart, wearied with various thoughts. 
And we are very fond of speaking and thinking of those 
things we very much love or wish for, or that we feel are 
a contradiction to us. But, alas, it is often vainly and to 
no purpose; for this outward consolation is no small 
hindrance to the interior and divine consolation. There- 
fore we must watch and pray, lest the time pass away 


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without fruit. If thou hast leave to speak, and it is 
expedient, speak those things that may edify. Evil 
custom and negligence about our spiritual advancement 
contribute much to the unguardedness of our tongue. 
But devout conferences upon spiritual things are no small 
help to spiritual progress; especially where persons of 
congenial mind and spirit are associated together in God. 


(I. 10.) 


How to Enjoy Much Peace 
(D: MIGHT have much peace, if we would not busy 


ourselves with the sayings and doings of other people, and 
with things which concern us not. How can he Iong 
abide in peace who entangleth himself with other people’s 
concerns; who seeketh occasions abroad; who little or 
seldom recollecteth himself interiorly? Blessed are the 
single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. (I. 11.) 

Son, be not curious, and give not way to useless cares. 
What is this or that to thee? follow thou Me. For what 


Is it to thee whether that man be such or such, or whether | 


this man do or speak this or that? Thou dost not need to 
answer for others, but thou shalt for thyself give an 
account. Why, therefore, dost thou meddle with them? 
Behold, I know all men, and see all things that are done 
under the sun; and I know how it is with every one, what 


he thinks, what he would have, and at what his intention | 


aims. To Me, therefore, are all things to be committed; 
but do thou keep ‘thyself in good peace; and let the 
unquiet be as unquiet as he will. Whatsoever he shall do 
or say, will come upon himself, because he cannot deceive 


Me. (III. 24.) 


Charity the Standard of Good 
ITHOUT charity, the outward work profiteth noth- 


ing; but whatever is done out of charity, be it ever so 
little and contemptible, it is all made fruitful; inasmuch 
as God regardeth more out of how much love a man doth 





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a work, than how much he doth. He doth much who 
Joveth much. He doth much who doth well what he hath 
to do. He doth well, who regardeth rather the common 
good than his own will. Oftentimes that seemeth to be 
charity which is rather a work of the flesh; for natural 
inclination, self-will, hope of reward, study of our own 
interest, will seldom be absent. (I. 15.) 


Bearing with Others 


Beupy to be patient in bearing the defects of others, 
Jand their infirmities, be they what they may; for thou 
hast many things, which others must bear withal. If thou 
canst not make thyself what thou wouldst be, how canst 
thou expect to have another so exactly to thy liking? 


(1. 16.) 





The Saints and Ourselves 


OOK upon the lively examples of the Holy Fathers, 
in whom shone real perfection and the religious life, and 
thou wilt see how little it is, and almost nothing, that we 
do. Alas, what is our life, if it be compared with theirs! 
Saints and friends of Christ, they served our Lord in 
hunger and thirst, in cold and nakedness, Jabor and 
weariness, In watchings and fastings, in prayer and holy 
meditations, in frequent persecutions and reproaches. Oh, 
how many and grievous tribulations did the apostles 
suffer, and the martyrs, and confessors, and virgins, and 
all the rest who resolved to follow the steps of Christ! 
For they hated their lives in this world that they might 
keep them unto life eternal. (I. 18.) 


Daily Examination and Resolution 
ET us try as much as we can, we shall still unavoid- 


ably fail in many things. Nevertheless, we should always 
have some certain resolution, and especially against the 


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things that are our greatest hindrances. We must alike 
examine and set in order both our interior and exterior, 
for both are necessary to our advancement. If thou canst 
not be continually recollected, at all events be so some- 
times, and at least once a day; in the morning, for example, 
or the evening. In the morning frame thy purpose; in 
the evening examine thy conduct, how thou hast behaved 
to-day in word, deed, and thought; for it may be that in 
these thou hast many times offended God and thy neigh- 
bors (iseros) 


Looking to the Everlasting Festival 


BOUT the time of the principal festivals we should 
renew our good exercises, and implore more fervently the 
intercession of the saints. From festival to festival we 
should make our resolutions, as if we were then to depart 
from this world, and to come to the eternal festival. And 
so we ought carefully to prepare ourselves in seasons of 
devotion, and walk the more devoutly, and keep every 
observance the more strictly, as if we were in a little while 
to receive from God the reward of our labor. And if it be 
put off, let us believe that we were not well enough pre- 
pared, and as yet unworthy of that so great glory which 
shall be revealed to us in the time appointed; and let us 
study to prepare ourselves the better for our departure. 
Blessed is that servant, saith the Evangelist St. Luke, 
whom, when the Lord shall come, he shall find watching. 
Amen, I say unto you, he shall set him over all his posses- 
sions. (I. 19.) 


Daily Preparation for Death 
¢ I VERY little while and all will be over with thee 


here. See to it, how it stands with thee in the next life. 
Man to-day is, and to-morrow he is seen no more. And 
when he is taken away from the sight, he is quickly also 
out of mind. Oh, the dulness and the hardness of the 










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human heart, that dwelleth only upon things present, 
instead rather of providing for those which are to come! 
hou shouldst so order thyself in every deed and thought 
as if thou wert immediately to die. If thou hadst a good 
conscience, thou wouldst not much fear death. It were 
better to shun sin than to fly death. If thou art not 
prepared to-day, how wilt thou be to-morrow? To- 
morrow is uncertain; and how knowest thou if thou shalt 
have to-morrow? Blessed is the man that hath the hour 
of his death continually before his eyes, and daily putteth 
himself in order for death. (I. 23.) 


For Improvement of Life 


CDi things especially conduce to great improvement; 
namely, forcibly to withdraw one’s-self from what nature 
is viciously inclined to, and fervently to follow up the 
good one is most in need of. Study, likewise, especially 
to guard against and to get the better of such things as 
oftenest displease thee in others. Turn all occasions to 
thy spiritual profit, so that the good examples thou mayest 
see or hear of may stir thee up to imitate them. And 
whatever thou shalt observe that is blameworthy, take 
care not to do the same thing thyself; or if thou have 
ever done so, study to amend as soon as possible. As 
thine eye observeth others, so again thou art also observed 
by others. (I. 25.) 





The Good Use of Time 
Aver keep in mind thine end, and that time lost 


returneth no more. Without care and diligence thou shalt 
never acquire virtues. If once thou beginnest to grow 
lukewarm, thou beginnest to be in a bad state. But if 
thou give thyself to fervor thou shalt find great peace; 
and thou shalt feel thy Jabor light, through the grace of 
God, and for the love of virtue. The fervent and diligent 
man is ready for all things. It is harder labor to withstand 
our vices and passions than to toil at bodily labors. He 


572 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


that shunneth not small defects, by little and little falleth 
into greater. Thou wilt always be glad in the evening, if 
thou spend the day profitably. Watch over thyself, stir 
up thyself, admonish thyself, and whatever may become 
of others, neglect not thyself. In proportion as thou dost 
violence to thyself, the greater progress wilt thou make. 


(I. 25.) 
The Enduring Friend 


6 Diy thou hast Christ, thou art rich, and He is 
sufficient for thee. He will provide for thee, and be thy 
faithful and provident helper in all things; so that thou 
needest not to trust in men. For men soon change, and 
they quickly fail; but Christ abideth forever, and standeth 
by us firmly to the end. No great confidence must we 
place in frail and mortal man, useful though he be, and 
dearly beloved; nor shouldst thou be much grieved if he 
sometimes oppose and contradict thee. They that to-day 
are with thee, to-morrow may be against thee; and they 
often change to the contrary, like the wind. Put thy 
whole trust in God, and Jet Him be thy fear and thy love. 
He will answer for thee, and will graciously do for thee 
as shall be best. Here thou hast no abiding city; and 
wherever thou shalt be, thou art a stranger and a pilgrim; 
nor wilt thou ever have rest, except thou be interiorly 
united with Christ. (II. 1.) 

Be humble and peaceable, and Jesus will be with thee. 
Be devout and calm, and Jesus will abide with thee. 
Thou mayest soon drive away Jesus, and lose His grace, 
if thou wilt turn aside after outward things. And if thou 
drive Him from thee and Jose Him, to whom wilt thou fly? 
and whom, then, wilt thou seek for thy friend? Without 
a friend, thou canst not live happily; and if Jesus be not a 
friend to thee above all, thou wilt indeed be sad and 
desolate. Thou dost foolishly, therefore, to trust in any 
other, or to rejoice in any other. We ought rather tc 
choose to have the whole world against us than to offend 
Jesus. Of all, therefore, that are dear to thee, let Jesus 
be thy special beloved. (II. 8.) 





MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 573 


Suffering Reproach With Jesus 
F THOU devoutly betake thyself to the wounds and 


precious scars of Jesus, thou shalt feel great comfort in 
tribulation; thou wilt not care much for being slighted 
by man, and wilt easily bear the speeches of detractors. 
Christ also was despised by men in the world, and in His 
greatest need He was forsaken, amidst insults, by His 
acquaintance and His friends. Christ was willing to suffer 
and to be despised, and darest thou complain of aught? 
Christ had enemies and detractors, and wouldst thou 
have all to be thy friends and benefactors? Whence shall 
thy patience be crowned, if thou meet with no adversity? 
If thou wilt suffer no contradiction, how canst thou be the 
friend of Christ? Endure with Christ and for Christ, if 
thou wouldst reign with Christ. (II. 1.) 


Looking to God Alone 


Ors no great account of who may be for thee or 
against thee, but mind and take care that God be with 
thee in every thing thou dost. Have a good conscience, 
and God will sufficiently defend thee; for he whom God 
will help, no man’s malice can hurt. If thou knowest 
only how to be silent and to endure, doubt not but that 
thou shalt experience help from the Lord. (II. 2.) 


Distrust of Self 
(1): MAY not trust too much to ourselves; for grace 


and understanding are often wanting to us. There is in 
us but little light, and this we soon lose by negligence. 
Oftentimes we are quite unconscious how interiorly blind 
we are. We often do amiss, and do worse in excusing 
ourselves. Sometimes we are moved by passion, and 
think it zeal. We blame little things in others, and over- 
look great things in ourselves. We are quick enough in 


574 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


perceiving and weighing what we bear from others; but 
we think little of what others have to bear from us. He 
that should well and justly weigh his own doings would 
find little cause to judge harshly of another. The interior 
man regardeth the care of himself before all other cares; 
and he that looketh diligently to himself findeth it not 
difficult to be silent about others. (II. 5.) 


A Good Conscience 


Gre good man’s glory is the testimony of a good 

conscience. Have a good conscience, and thou shalt 

always have joy. A good conscience can bear very much 
and is very joyful in the midst of adversity. An evil ) 
conscience is always fearful and unquiet; sweetly shalt 
thou rest, if thy heart upbraid thee not. Never rejoice | 
except when thou hast done well. (II. 6.) | 


Seeking Jesus ) 


fee IN all things thou seekest Jesus, truly thou shalt 
find Jesus; but if thou seek thyself, thou shalt find thy- 
self also, but to thine own ruin. For if a man seek not 
Jesus, he doth himself more harm than the whole world 
and all his enemies can do him. (II. 7.) ! 


Loving Jesus Above All 


Gree is he who understandeth what it is to lowed 
Jesus, and to despise himself for the sake of Jesus. Wei 
must leave what is beloved for the sake of the Beloved; 
for Jesus will be loved alone and above all things. The! 
love of things created is deceitful and inconstant; the 
love of Jesus is faithful and enduring. He that clingeth 
to the creature shall fall with its falling. He that em- 
braceth Jesus shall be firmly rooted for ever. Love Him, 
and keep Him for thy friend, Who, when all go away, will 











MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 575 


\ot forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish in the end. 
sooner or later thou must be separated from all, whether 
hou wilt or no. In life and in death keep thyself near to 
esus, and entrust thyself to His fidelity, who alone can 
ielp thee when all others fail. (II. 7.) 


Spiritual Consolation 


Dany God gives spiritual consolation, receive it with 
hanksgiving; but know that it is God’s free gift, and no 
nerit of thine. Be not lifted up, be not overjoyed, nor 
rainly presume, but rather be the more humble for this 
ift, more cautious, too, and fearful in all thy actions; 
or that hour will pass away, and temptation will follow. 
Vhen consolation shall be taken away from thee, do not 
wresently despair, but with humility and patience await 
he heavenly visitation, since God is able to restore to 
hee more abundant consolation. This is no new nor 
trange occurrence to those who have known the way of 
sod; for among the great saints and ancient prophets 
here has often been this kind of vicissitude. (II. 9.) 





Thankfulness 


B: GRATEFUL for the least, and thou shalt be 
vorthy to receive greater things. Let the least be to thee 
is something very great, and the most contemptible as 
| special favor. If thou considerest the dignity of the 
siver, no gift will seem little or too mean for thee. For 
hat is not little which is given by the most high God. 
(ea, though He give punishment and stripes, they ought 
0 be acceptable; for whatever He suffereth to befall us, 
le always doth it for our salvation. He that desireth to 
etain the grace of God, let him be thankful for grace 
vhen it is given, and patient when it is withdrawn. Let 
um pray, that it may return; let him be cautious and 
uumble, lest he Jose it. (II. 10.) 


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The Glory of Suffering 
C1 sais to God thou wert worthy to suffer something 


for the name of Jesus! how great glory would remain unto 
thyself! how great joy would it be to all the saints of 
God! and how great edification to thy neighbor! All 
recommend patience, but, alas, how few are there that 
desire to suffer! With good reason oughtest thou willingly 
to suffer a little for Christ, since many suffer greater 
things for the world. (II. 12.) 


God’s Service and the World’s 


Oz greater number listen more willingly to the 
world than to God; and are readier to follow the desires 
of their flesh, than the good pleasure of God. The world 
promiseth things temporal and of small value, and is 
served with great eagerness; I promise things most 
excellent and everlasting, and yet men’s hearts remair 
torpid. Who is there that serveth and obeyeth Me im al 
things, with that great care with which the world and it: 
lords are served? Be ashamed, O Sidon, saith the sea 
And if thou ask the cause, hear wherefore. For a scanty 
sustenance, men run a great way; for eternal life, many 
will scarce lift foot once from the ground. A petty gail 
is sought after; for a single coin sometimes men shame 
fully quarrel: for men will brave toil day and night, yea 
for some mere trifle or a slight promise. But, alas, fo 
an unchangeable good, for an inestimable reward, for th 
highest honor and never-ending glory, they are loath t 
undergo a little fatigue. Blush, then, thou slothfu 
complaining servant, that they are actually more read 
to labor for death than thou for life. They rejoice mor 
in vanity than thou in the truth. Sometimes, indeec 
they are disappointed of their hopes; but My promis 
deceiveth no man, nor sendeth away empty him the 
trusteth in Me. What I have promised I will give; whe) 
I have said, I will make good; if only a man continue t 
the end faithful in My love. (III. 3.) | 








MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 577 


The True Standard of Merit 


MAN’S merits are not to be estimated by his 
having many visions or consolations, or by his knowledge 
of the Scriptures, or by his being placed in a more elevated 
station. But by his being grounded in true humility and 
replenished with divine charity; by his seeking always, 
purely and entirely, the honor of God; by his esteeming 
himself to be nothing, and by his sincerely despising him- 
self; and being better pleased to be despised and humbled 
by others than to be honored by them. (III. 7.) 


The Pleasures of the World 


HAINKEST thou that men of the world suffer nothing 
or but little? Thou shalt not find it so, though thou seek 
out the most voluptuous. But, thou sayest, they have 
many delights and follow their own will, and therefore 
make small account of their tribulations? Be it so, that 
they have all they desire; but how long thinkest thou 
this will last? Behold, as smoke they shall vanish that 
abound in this world, and there shall be no remembrance 
of their past joys. Nay, even whilst they live, they rest 
not in the possession of them without bitterness, weariness, 
and fear. From the very same thing whence they con- 
ceive delight, thence frequently do they derive the penalty 
of anguish. And it is but just that they, having inordi- 
nately sought their pleasures, should not enjoy them with- 
out confusion and bitterness. Oh, how short, how deceit- 
ful, how inordinate and shameful, are all these pleasures! 
Yet, through sottishness and blindness, men understand 
this not, but, like dumb animals, for the poor pleasure of 
this mortal life they incur the death of the soul. But 
thou, my son, go not after thy concupiscence, but turn 
away from thine own will. Delight in the Lord, and He 
will give thee the desires of thy heart. (III. 12.) 





578 MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS 


God Our True Happiness 
Ls THOU desirest too inordinately these present 


things, thou wilt lose those that are heavenly and eternal. 
Use temporal things, but desire eternal. Thou canst not 
be satisfied with any temporal goods, because thou wast 
not created for their enjoyment. Although thou shouldst 
have all created goods, thou couldst not be happy and 
blessed; but in God, Who created all things, consists all 
thy beatitude and happiness. Not such happiness as is 
seen and commended by the foolish lovers of the world, 
but suck as the good faithful of Christ await, and of which 
they that are spiritual and clean of heart, whose conver- 
sation is in heaven, have sometimes a foretaste. Vain 
and brief is all human comfort. Blessed and true is that 
consolation which is derived inwardly from the truth. 


(III. 16.) 


Walking After Christ 
On. what great thanks am I bound to render unto 


Thee, for having vouchsafed to shew me and all the 
faithful a right and good way to Thine everlasting king- 
dom! For Thy life is our way; and by holy patience we 
walk on to Thee, Who art our crown. If Thou hadst not 
gone before and instructed us, who would have cared to 
follow? Alas, how many would have stayed afar off and 
a great way behind, had they not before their eyes Thy 
glorious example! Behold, we are still tepid, notwith- 
standing all Thy miracles and instructions which we have 
heard; what, then, would it be if we had not so great light 
to follow Thee? (III. 18.) 





Models in Suffering 


(dire: is it thou sayest, my son? Cease to complain 
and consider My Passion, and that of the other saints 
Thou hast not yet resisted unto blood. Little is it tha 


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thou sufferest, in comparison of those who have suffered 
so much; who have been so strongly tempted, so griev- 
usly afflicted, so many ways tried and exercised. Thou 
oughtest, then, to call to mind the heavier sufferings of 
others, that thou mayest the easier bear the very little 
things thou sufferest. And if to thee they seem not little, 
take heed lest this also proceed from thine impatience. 
But whether they be little or great, strive to bear them 
all with patience. (III. 19.) 


The Miseries of Life 
alee what kind of life is this, where afflictions and 


miseries are never wanting! where all things are full of 
snares and enemies! For when one tribulation or tempta- 
tion Is gone, another approacheth; yea, and whilst the 
first conflict still Jasteth, many others come on, and those 
unexpected. And how is it possible that the life of man 
can be loved, which hath so great bitterness, and is subject 
to so many calamities and miseries? How even can it be 
called life, which generateth so many deaths and plagues? 
And yet it is loved, and many seek their delight in it. 
The world is censured as deceitful and vain; and yet it is 
with reluctance abandoned, because the concupiscence of 
the flesh too much prevails. But some things draw us to 
love the world; others to despise it. The lust of the flesh, 
the lust of the eyes, and pride of life, draw us to the love of 
the world; but the pains and miseries which justly follow 
these things breed a hatred and loathing of the world. 
But, alas, evil delights prevail over a mind that is given 
to the world, and under thorns she imagineth there are 
delights: because she hath neither seen nor tasted the 
sweetness of God, nor the internal pleasure of virtue. But 
such as perfectly despise the world, and study to live to 
God under holy discipline, they are not unconscious of 
that divine sweetness promised to those who forsake all; 
and they clearly see both how grievously the world is 
mistaken, and in how many ways it is deceived. (III. 20.) 





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Means of Great Peace 


Bouvy, My son, to do rather the will of another 
than thine own. Ever choose rather to have less than 
more. Always seek the lowest place, and to be subject 
to every one. Desire always and pray that the will of 
God may be entirely fulfilled in thee. Behold, such a one 
entereth within the borders of peace and rest. (III. 23.) 


Avoiding Curiosity 


Bon, be not curious, and give not way to useless cares. 
What is this or that to thee? follow thou Me. For what 
is it to thee whether that man be such or such, or whether 
this man do or speak this or that? Thou dost not need to 
answer for others, but thou shalt for thyself give an 
account; why, therefore, dost thou meddle with them? 
Behold, I know all men, and see all things that are done 
under the sun; and J know how it is with every one, 
what he thinks, what he would have, and at what his 
intention aims. To Me, therefore, are all things to be 
committed; but do thou keep thyself in good peace; and 
Jet the unquiet be as restless as he will. Whatsoever he 
shall do or say, will come upon himself, because he cannot 


deceive Me. (III. 24.) 


How to Have Peace 


mt EVERYTHING attend to thyself, what thou 
art doing, and what thou art saying; and direct thy 
whole attention to this, that thou mayest please Me 
alone, and neither desire nor seek any thing out of Me 
And as for the sayings or doings of others, judge nothing 
rashly, neither busy thyself with things not committec 
to thy care; and thus may it be brought about, that thor 
shalt be little or seldom disturbed. (III. 25.) 





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Why dost thou pine away with vain grief? why art 
hou so worn with superfluous cares? Be resigned to My 
ood pleasure, and thou shalt suffer no Joss. If thou 
seekest this or that, or wouldst be here or there for thine 
own interests’ sake, and the more to indulge thine own 
will, thou wilt never be at rest, nor free from solicitude; 
or in everything there will be found some defect, and in 
every place there will be some one that will cross thee. 
Thy welfare, therefore, lies not in obtaining and multi- 
plying any external things, but rather in contemning 
them, and utterly rooting them out of thy heart: which 
I would not have thee to understand only with regard to 
oney and riches, but also with regard to seeking after 
honor, and the desire of empty praise; all which things 
pass away with the world. The place avails little, if the 
spirit of fervor be wanting; neither shall that peace stand 
long which is sought from without, if the state of thy heart 
want the true foundation, that is, if thou stand not in Me: 
thou mayest change, but shalt not better thyself. For, 
when occasion offers and is Jaid hold of, thou shalt find 
that which thou didst fly from, and more. (III. 27.) 


The Tongues of Detractors 


GB)... take it not to heart if some people think ill of 
thee, and say of thee what thou art not willing to hear. 
Thou oughtest to think worse things of thyself, and to 
believe no one weaker than thyself. If thou walkest 
interiorly, thou wilt make small account of flying words 
from without. It is no small prudence to be silent in the 
evil time, and to turn within to Me, and not to be disturbed 
with the judgment of man. Let not thy peace depend on 
the tongues of men: for whether they put a good or bad 
construction on what thou dost, thou art still what thou 
art. Where is true peace or true glory? is it not in Me? 
And he who neither desireth to please nor feareth to dis- 
please men shall enjoy much peace. From inordinate love 
and vain fear ariseth all disquiet of heart and distraction 
of the senses. (III. 28.) 


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Worry 
(Duar doth anxiety about the future bring thee, but 


only sorrow upon sorrow? sufficient for the day is the evil 
thereof. It is vain and useless to conceive either grief or 
joy for future things, which perhaps shall never come to 
pass. But it is the nature of man to be deluded with such 
imaginations; and it is the sign of a soul as yet weak to be 
so easily drawn away by the suggestions of the enemy. 
For he careth not whether it be with things true or false 
that he abuseth and deceiveth thee; whether he overthrow 
thee with the love of things present or with the fear of 
things to come. Let not therefore thy heart be troubled, 
neither let it be afraid. Believe thou in Me, and trust in 
My mercy. (III. 30.) 


The Exterior and the Interior Man 


OW much a man hath done is inquired into; but 
with how much virtue he hath acted is not so studiously 
weighed. We ask whether he be strong, rich, handsome. 
clever, a good writer, a good singer, or a good workman 
but how poor he is in spirit, how patient and meek, hoy 
devout and internal, is what few speak of. Nature looketl 
upon the exterior of a man; but grace turneth itself te 
the interior. Nature is often in error; but grace hatl 
her trust in God, that so she may not be deceived. (III 


31.) 
Self-seeking and Self-denial 


ION, thou canst not possess perfect liberty, unles 
thou wholly deny thyself. All self-seekers and self-lover 
are bound in fetters; full of desires, full of cares, eve 
unsettled, and seeking always their own ease, not th 
things of Jesus Christ; but oftentimes devising an 
framing that which shall not stand. For all shall peris 
that cometh not of God. Hold fast this short and perfe 
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and thou shalt find rest.’”” Consider this well, and when 
thou hast put it into practice, thou shalt understand all 
things. (III. 32.) 


The Instability of Our Feelings 


ON, trust not to thy feeling; whatever it may be 
now it will quickly be changed into another. As Jong as 
thou livest thou art subject to change, even against thy 
will; so as to be sometimes joyful, at other times sad; 
now at peace, again troubled; at one time devout, at 
another cold; sometimes fervent, at other times sluggish; 
one day heavy, another elated. But he that is wise and 
well instructed in spirit stands above all these changes, 
not minding what he feels in himself, not on what side 
the wind of instability bloweth; but that the whole bent 
of his soul may be made conducive toward the due and 
wished-for end. For thus one and the same and unshaken 
can he stand, directing, through all this variety of events, 
the single eye of his intention unflinchingly towards Me. 
Clit. 33:) 


Not Seeking Popularity 
GB)... cast thy heart firmly on the Lord, and fear not 


‘human judgment, whensoever thy conscience gives 
‘testimony of thy piety and innocence. It is a good and 
blessed thing to suffer in such manner; neither will this 
be grievous to an humble heart, nor to one that confideth 
in God more than in oneself. Most men are given to 
much talking, and therefore little credit must be given 
to them. Neither is it possible to satisfy all. Though 
Paul endeavored to please all in the Lord, and became all 
to all, yet he made little account of being judged by man’s 
day. He labored abundantly for the edification and sal- 
vation of others, as much as lay in him and as much as 
he could; but he could not prevent being sometimes 
judged and despised by others. Therefore he committed 
all to God, Who knoweth all, and defended himself by 
patience and humility against the tongues of those that 


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spoke unjustly, as well as those who devised vain and lying 
deceits, and who, according to caprice, made accusation 
of whatever they wished. However, he answered them 
sometimes, lest his silence might give occasion of scandal 
to the weak. Who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid 
of a mortal man? To-day he is, and to-morrow he is no 
more, Fear God, and thou shalt not be afraid of the terrors 
of man. What can any one do against thee by words or 
injuries? He rather hurts himself than thee; nor will he 
be able, whoever he be, to escape the judgment of God. 
Have God before thine eyes, and do not contend with 
querulous words. So that if at present thou seem to be 
overcome, and to suffer a confusion which thou hast not 
deserved, do not repine at this, and do not lessen thy 
crown by impatience, but rather look up to Me in heaven, 

Who am powerful to deliver thee from all confusion and 

injury, and to render to every one according to his works. 


(III. 36.) 
Losses Temporal and Spiritual 


'@) LORD, to what are we come? Behold, a temporal 
loss is bewailed: for a small gain men Jabor and run; but 
spiritual detriment is soon forgotten, and hardly ever 
returns to mind. That which is of little or no profit 
taketh up our thoughts, and that which is necessary 
above all is negligently passed over; for the whole man 
sinketh down into outward things, and unless he quickly 
recovereth himself, he willingly contmueth immersed in 
exterior things. (III. 44.) 


Gossip 
On HOW good it is and how much it tendeth to 


peace to be silent about others, and not to believe all that 
is said, nor easily to report what one has heard: To lay 
oneself open to few; always to seek Thee, the beholder 
of the heart: And not to be carried about with every 
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and without us, may be accomplished according to the 
pleasure of Thy will! (III. 45.) 


Human Praise and Esteem 


LOSS secure is it for the preservation of heavenly 
grace, to avoid appearances, and not to seek those things 
that seem to cause admiration abroad; but with all 
diligence to follow those things which bring amendment 
of life and fervour! To how many hath it been hurtful 
‘to have their virtue known, and over-hastily praised! 
How indeed hath grace profited when kept with silence 
during this frail life! The whole of which is declared to be 
a temptation and a warfare. (III. 45.) 

The senses of men are often deceived in giving judg- 
ments; and the lovers of this world are deceived in loving 
only visible things. How is a man a whit the better for 
being reputed greater by man? The deceitful deceiveth 
‘the deceitful, the vain deceiveth the vain, the blind the 
blind, the weak the weak, as often as he extolleth him; 
and, in truth, doth rather confound him, whilst he vainly 
praiseth him. For how much soever each one is in Thine 
eyes, so much is he and no more, saith the humble St. 
Francis. (III. 50.) 





Not Excusing One’s Faults 


GC)... stand firm, and trust in Me; for what are 
words but words? They fly through the air, but hurt 
not a stone. If thou art guilty, think that thou wilt 
willingly amend thyself; if thou art not conscious to 
thyself of anything, think that thou wilt willingly suffer 
this for God’s sake. It is a small matter that thou shouldst 
sometimes bear with words, who art not able as yet to 
endure hard blows. And why do such trifles go to thy 
heart, but because thou art yet carnal, and regardest men 
more than thou oughtest? For because thou art afraid 
of being despised, thou art not willing to be reprehended 
for thy faults, and seekest shelter in excuses. (III. 46.) 


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Laboring for Life Everlasting 
Bon, let not the Iabors which thou hast undertaken 


for My sake crush thee, neither let tribulations, from 


whatever source, cast thee down; but in every occurrence © 


Iet My promise strengthen and console thee. I am 
sufficient to recompense thee beyond all bounds and 
measure. It is not long thou hast to Iabor here, nor shalt 
thou be always oppressed with sorrows. Wait a little, 
and thou shalt see a speedy end of suffering. The hour 
cometh when all Iabor and trouble shall be no more. All 
is little and short which passeth away with time. Mind 
what thou art about: labor faithfully in My vineyard: 
I will be thy reward. (III. 47.) 


Distractions 


jest I truly confess that I am accustomed to be very 
much distracted. For many a time I am not there where 
I am bodily standing or sitting, but am there rather where 
my thoughts carry me. There am I where my thought 
is: and there oftentimes are my thoughts where that which 
I love is. That thing most readily cometh to my mind 
which naturally delighteth me, or which through custom 
is pleasing to me. Whence Thou, the eternal Truth, hast 
plainly said: Where thy treasure is, there also ts thy heart. 
If I love heaven, I love to think on heavenly things. If I 
love the world, I rejoice at the world’s prosperity, and am 
troubled at its adversity. If I love the flesh, my imagina- 
tion is often on the things of the flesh. If I love the spirit, 
I delight to think of spiritual things. For whatsoever 
things I love, of the same I love to speak and hear, and I 
carry home with me the images thereof. But blessed is 
that man who for Thee, O Lord, abandoneth all things 
created; who offereth violence to nature, and through 
fervor of spirit crucifieth the concupiscence of the flesh; 
that so, with a serene conscience, he may offer to Thee 
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che choir of angels, having excluded himself both ex- 
seriorly and interiorly from all the things of earth. (III. 


18.) 
Contrition 


HAT dost Thou especially require of a guilty and 
wretched sinner, but that he should be contrite, and 
aumble himself for his sins? In true contrition and 
aumility of heart is brought forth hope of forgiveness; 
the troubled conscience is reconciled; lost grace is re- 
covered; man is secured from the wrath to come; and 
od and the penitent soul meet together with a holy kiss. 
Humble contrition for sins is an acceptable sacrifice to 
Thee, O Lord, of far sweeter odor in Thy sight than the 
burning of frankincense. This is also that pleasing oint- 
ment which Thou wouldst have to be poured upon Thy 
sacred feet: for Thou never hast despised a contrite and 
humble heart. Here ts a place of refuge from the face 
of the wrath of the enemy. Here is amended and washed 
away whatever of defilement has been elsewhere con- 
tracted. (III. 52.) 


Victory 





ul? THOU perfectly overcomest thyself, thou shalt 
more easily subdue all things else. The perfect victory 
is to triumph over ourselves. For whosoever keepeth 
himself in subjection, so that sensuality obeyeth reason, 
and reason in all things is obedient to Me, he is indeed 
a conqueror of himself, and Jord of the world. (III. 53.) 




















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OSPELS, EPISTLES AND PRAYERS 
FOR THE SUNDAYS AND FEASTS 
OF THE CHRISTIAN YEAR 


FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 





PRAYER 


O LORD, we pray Thee, raise up Thy power, 
and come, that by Thy protection we may deserve 
to be rescued from the threatening dangers of our 
sins, and to be saved by Thy deliverance. Who 
livest and reignest forever and ever. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Rom. xill. 11-14 


BrerHren: — Knowing the time, that it is 
now the hour for us to awake from sleep. For 
now our salvation is nearer than when we first 
believed. The night is far spent, and the day is 
at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of 


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darkness, and put on the armor of light. As in 
the day let us walk becomingly; not in ban- 
quetings and drunkenness, not in chambering 
and wantonness, not in contention and jealousy. 


But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make © 


not provisions for the flesh in its lusts. 


GospeL. Luke xxi. 25-33. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
There will be signs in the sun, and moon, and 
stars; and on the earth distress of nations, by 
reason of the confusion of the sound of the 
sea and of the waves, men withering away for 
fear and expectation of the things which are 
coming upon the world: For the powers of the 
heavens will be shaken. And then they will see 
the Son of man coming on a cloud with great 
power and majesty. But when these things 
begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your 
heads: because your redemption is at hand. 
And He spake to them a similitude: See the 
fig-tree, and all the trees: when they now shoot 
forth their fruit, ye know that summer is nigh. 
So also, when ye shall see these things come to 
pass, know that the kingdom of God Is at hand. 
Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass 
away till all things be fulfilled. Heaven and 
earth will pass away, but My words will not 
pass away. 


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SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 


PRAYER 








TIR up our hearts, O Lord, to make ready 
e ways of Thine only-begotten Son, that by His 
yming we may be worthy to serve Thee with 
urified minds. Through the same our Lord Jesus 


‘brist. AMEN. 


EpisTLE. Rom. xv. 4-13. 


Qreti REN :—Whatever things were written, 
vere written for our instruction; that through 
atience and the consolation of the Scriptures, 
re may have hope. Now the God of patience 
nd of comfort grant you to be of one mind one 
ward another, according to Jesus Christ: that 
nanimously with one mouth ye may honor God, 
nd the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; where- 
ore receive one another, as Christ also received 
‘ou to the glory of God. For I say that Christ 
esus was minister of circumcision for the truth 
f God, to confirm the promises of the fathers. 
Sut that the Gentiles glorify God for mercy, as 
tis written: Therefore will I praise Thee among 
he Gentiles, O Lord, and will sing to Thy name. 
ind again He saith: Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with 
lis people. And again: Praise the Lord, all ye 
xentiles, and glorify Him, all ye people. And 
gain Isaias said: There shall be a root of Jesse, 
nd He who shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, 


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in Him the Gentiles shall hope. Now the God 
of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing: 
that ye may abound in hope and in the power of 
the Holy Spirit. 


GospEL. Matt. xi. 2-10. 


Ar that time:— When John in the prison 
had heard of the works of Christ, he sent two of 
his disciples, and said to Him: Art Thou He 
who should come, or must we look for another? 
And Jesus answered and said to them: Go anc 
relate to John what ye hear and see. The blind 
see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deal 
hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the 
Gospel preached to them. And blessed is he whc 
shall not be scandalized m Me. And as they 
departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowd: 
concerning John: What went you out into the 
desert to see? a reed shaken by the wind? Bu 
what went ye out to see? a man clothed in sof 
garments? Behold, they who are clothed in sof 
garments are In the palaces of kings. But wha 
went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I tell you 
and more than a prophet; for this 1s he of whon 
It 1s written: Behold, I send My messenge 
before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way be 
fore Thee. 





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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 













PRAYER 


C) LORD, we beseech Thee, mercifully incline 
[bine ears unto our prayers, and enlighten the 
larkness of our minds by the grace of Thy heavenly 
nsitation. Who livest and reignest, etc. AMEN. 


Epistte. Philipp. iv. 4-7. 
(Qrernren:— Rejoice in the Lord always: 


again I say, rejoice. Let your moderation be 
known to all men: the Lord is nigh. Be anxious 
about nothing, but in everything by prayer and 
supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions 
se made known to God. And may the peace of 
God, which surpasseth all understanding, guard 
our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus our Lord. 


GosPEL. Jobnt. 19-28. 


ise that time: — The Jews sent from Jeru- 
kalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: 
'Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied 
inot; but confessed: I am not the Christ. And 
they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? 
And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? 
And he answered: No. ‘They said therefore to 
him; Who art thou, that we may give an answer 


to those who sent us? What sayest thou of thy- 





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self? He said: I am the voice of one crying in 
the wilderness: Make straight the way of the 
Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. And they who 
were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked 
him, and said to him: Why then dost thou 
baptize, if thou art not Christ, nor Elias, nor the 
prophet? John answered them, saying: I 
baptize in water, but in the midst of you standeth 
One whom ye know not. It is He Who, though 
coming after me, is preferred before me; the 
latchet of Whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. 
These things were done in Bethany, beyond the 
Jordan, where John was baptizing. 


FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT 


PRAYER 


‘@) LORD, we pray Thee, raise up Thy power, 
and come, and with great might succor us; that, by. 
the aid of Thy grace, that which is bindered by our 
sins may be quickened by Thy merciful forgiveness. 
Who livest and reignest, etc. AMEN. | 


| 
EpisTLe. 1 Cor. iv. 1-5. 
BrevHReN: — Let a man so regard us as 


ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries 
of God. Here now it is required in stewards 


GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 595 


hat a man be found faithful. But to me it is of 
e least account to be judged by you, or by the 
ay of man: but neither do I judge myself. For 
am not conscious to myself of anything; yet 
m I not hereby justified: but He that judgeth 
ne is the Lord. Therefore judge not before the 
ime, until the Lord come, Who both will bring 
o light the hidden things of darkness, and will 
nake manifest the counsels of hearts: and then 
hall every man have praise from God. 










GospeL. Luke iii. 1-6. 
Ln the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius 


cesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, 
nd Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip 
us brother being tetrarch of Iturea and the 
ountry of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being 
etrarch of Abilina, under the high-priests Annas 
nd Caiphas, the word of the Lord came to John, 
he son of Zacharias, in the desert. And he 
ame into all the country about the Jordan, 
reaching the baptism of penance, for the remis- 
ion of sins; as it is written in the book of the 
ayings of Isaias the prophet: A voice of one 
rying in the desert; prepare ye the way of the 
ord, make straight His paths. Every valley 
hall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall 
ye made Iow: and what is crooked shall be made 
traight, and the rough way smooth. And all 
lesh shall see the salvation of God. 


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THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, OR CHRISTMAS 
First Mass (Midnight) 


PRAYER 


QO GOD, Who hast made this most sacred night 
to shine forth with the brightness of the true Light, 
grant, we beseech Thee, that we may enjoy His 
happiness in heaven, the mystery of Whose light 
we have known upon earth. Who liveth and 
reigneth, etc. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Titus il. 11-15. 


Deary BELOVED: — The grace of God 
our Saviour hath appeared to all men, instructing 
us that denying impiety and worldly lusts we 
should live soberly, and justly, and piously ir 
this world, waiting for the blessed hope anc 
coming of the glory of our great God and Saviour 
Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for all, that He 
might redeem us from all iniquity, and cleanse fo: 
Himself an acceptable people, zealous of gooc 
works. These things speak and exhort: it 
Christ Jesus our Lord. ) 





Gospet. Luke ii. 1-14. 


Flr that time: —A decree went forth fror 
Augustus Cesar that the whole world should b 

















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nrolled. This first enrolment was made by 
-yrinus, the governor of Syria. And all went to 
»e enrolled, every one into his own city. And 
oseph also went up from Galilee, from the city 
f Nazareth, into Judea to the city of David, 
hich is called Bethlehem, because he was of the 
ouse and family of David, to be enrolled with 
ary his espoused wife, who was with Child. 
And it came to pass that while they were there 
he days for her delivery were completed. And 
he brought forth her first-born Son, and swathed 
dim and laid Him in a manger: because there 
yas no room for them in the inn. And there were 
a the same country shepherds watching, and 
eeping the night-watches over their flock. And 
iehold, an Angel of the Lord stood by them, and 
he brightness of God shone round them, and 
hey feared greatly. And the Angel said to 
em: Fear not; for behold, I bring you good 
ews of great joy, which will be to all the people; 
or this day is born to you in the city of David 

Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord. And this 
hall be a sign to you. Ye shall find a Babe 
wathed and lying in a manger. And suddenly 
ere was with the Angel a multitude of the 
eavenly host, praising God, and saying: Glory 
> God on high: and on earth peace to men of 
ood will. 


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Second Mass (At Dawn) 
PRAYER 


Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that 
we, who are filled with the new light of Thy Incarnate 
Word, may show forth in our works that which by 
faith sbineth in our minds. Through the same 
Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Titus ill. 4-7. 


Drarvy BELOVED:— The goodness and 
kindness of our Saviour God appeared: not by 
works of justice done by us, but according tc 
His mercy He saved us by the laver of regenera: 
tion and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He 
hath poured forth on us abundantly througt 
Jesus Christ our Saviour, that being justified by 
His grace we may be heirs according to hope o 
eternal life: in Christ Jesus our Lord. 


GospEL. Luke tl. 15-20. 


Ar that time: — The shepherds said to on 
another: Let us go over to Bethlehem, and se 
this thing which is come to pass, which the Lor 
hath showed us. And they came in haste; an 
found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying I 
the manger. And when they had seen it, the 
understood the thing which had been spoke 
to them concerning this Child. And all wk 
heard wondered; and at the thtags which wer 





















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told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all 
these words, pondering in her heart. And the 
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God 
or all that they had heard and seen as it was told 
o them. 


Third Mass (Christmas Day) 
PRAYER 


RANT, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that 
be new birth of Thine only-begotten Son in the 
flesh may deliver us who are held by the old bondage 
under the yoke of sin. Through the same Christ 


EpistLe. Heb. i. 1-12. 


OD Who formerly spoke to the fathers by the 
rophets at different times and in various ways: 
lastly in these days hath spoken to us by His 
Son, Whom He hath appointed heir of all things, 
by Whom also He made the world: Who being 
the brightness of His glory, and the impression 
of His substance, and upholding all things by the 
ord of His power, which He made a purification 
of sins, sitteth on the right hand of the majesty 
on high: being made so much greater than the 
angels, as He hath inherited a more excellent 
yame than they. For to which of the angels did 
e ever say: Thou art My Son, this day have I 
segotten Thee? And again: I will be to Him 
a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son? And 


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when He bringeth again the First-begotten into 
the world, He saith: And let all the angels of 
God adore Him. And of the angels indeed He 
saith: Who maketh His angels spirits, and His 
ministers a flame of fire. But to the Son: Thy 
throne, O God, is forever and ever; the sceptre 
of Thy kingdom is a sceptre of right. Thou 
hast loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore 
God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil 
of gladness above Thy partners. And: Thou, 
O Lord, in the beginning didst found the earth: 
and the heavens are works of Thine hands. They 
shall perish, but Thou shalt remain, and they all 
shall grow old as a garment: and as a vesture 
Thou shalt change them and they shall be 
changed: but Thou art the self-same, and Thy 
years shall not fail. 


GosrEL. Jobni. 1-14. 


“Lx the beginning was the Word, and the Word 
was with God, and the Word was God. This was 
in the beginning with God. All things were made 
through Him: ‘and without Him was made 
nothing that was made. In Him was life, and 
the life was the light of men: and the light 
shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not 
comprehend it. There was a man sent from 
God, whose name was John. This one came fot 
a witness, to testify concerning the light, that al 
might believe through him, He was not the 
light, but he was to testify concerning the light 
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that cometh into this world. He was in the world, 
and the world was made through Him, and the 
world knew Him not. He came to His own 
possessions, and His own people received him 
not. But to as many as received Him, He gave 
power to become children of God, to those who 
believe in His name; who are born, not of blood, 
nor of the will of the flesh, nor the will of man, but 
of God. ANp THE WorD was MADE FLEsH (here 
all kneel), and dwelt among us, and we saw His 
glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the 
Father: full of grace and truth. 


SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS 


PRAYER 


‘@) ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, do Thou 
order all our actions in conformity with Thy good 
pleasure, that, through the name of Thy beloved Son, 
we may worthily abound in good works. Through 
the same Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Gal. iv. 1-7. 


BRETHREN: — As long as the heir is a 
child, he differeth nothing from a_ servant, 
although he is lord of all: but he is under tutors 
and governors, until the time appointed by the 
father: so we also, when we were children, were 
serving under the elements of the world. But 
when the fulness of time came, God sent His 


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Son made of a woman, made under the law, to 
redeem those who were under the law, that we 
might receive the adoption of sons. And because 
ye are sons, God hath sent the Spirit of His Son 
into your hearts, crying: Abba, Father. There- 
fore he is no more a servant, but a son: and if a 
son, heir also through God. 


GosrEL. Luke i. 33-40. 
¢ [+ that time: — Joseph and Mary the mother 


of Jesus were wondering at the things spoken 
concerning Him. And Simeon blessed them, and 
said to Mary His mother: Behold, He is set for 
the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a 
sign which will be opposed: And a sword shail 
pierce thine own soul, that the thoughts of many 
hearts may be revealed. And there was one 
Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of 
the tribe of Aser; she was far advanced in years, 
and had lived with her husband seven years from 
her virginity. And she was a widow until eighty- 
four years; and’ departed not from the temple, 
but, by fastings and prayers, worshipped night 
and day. Now she, at the same hour, coming In, 
gave praise to the Lord; and spake of Him to all 
who were looking for the redemption of Israel. 
And after they had performed all things according 
to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, 
to their own city, Nazareth. And the Child grew, 
and became strong, full of wisdom: and the grace 
of God was in Him. 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 603 


NEW YEAR’S DAY 


The Circumcision of Our Lord 









PRAYER 


O GOD, Who through the fruitful virginity of 
blessed Mary didst bestow on mankind the rewards 
of eternal salvation, grant, we beseech, that we may 
experience her intercession for us, through whom 

e were made worthy to receive the author of life. 
Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord. Who liveth and 
reigneth forever and ever. AMEN. 


Epistte. Titus il. 11-15. 


Dearty BELOVED: — The grace of God 
our Saviour hath appeared to all men, instructing ° 
us that denying impiety and worldly lusts we 
should live soberly, and justly, and piously in 
this world, waiting for the blessed hope and 
coming of the glory of our great God and Saviour 
Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for all, that He 
might redeem us from all iniquity and cleanse 
for Himself an acceptable people, zealous of good 
works. ‘These things speak and exhort: in Christ 
Jesus our Lord. 


Gospet. Luke ii. 21. 


Ar that time: — After eight days were past 
that the Child should be circumcised, His name 
was called Jesus, so called by the Angel before 
He was conceived in the womb. 





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SUNDAY BETWEEN CIRCUMCISION AND 
EPIPHANY 


Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus 


PRAYER 


() GOD, Who hast appointed Thine only-be- 
gotten Son to be the Saviour of mankind, and 
hast commanded that His name should be called 
Jesus, mercifully grant ‘hat we may enjoy in 
heaven the blessed vision of Him Whose holy 


Name we worship on earth. Through the same | 


Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Acts iv. 8-12. 


“Ly those days: — Peter, filled with the Holy 
Spirit, said to them: Ye rulers of the people and 
ancients, hear. If we this day are examined 
concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, 


by what means he hath been made whole, be it | 


known to you all, and to all the people of {srael, 
that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of 
Nazareth, Whom ye crucified, Whom God hath 
raised from the dead, by Him this man standeth 
here before you whole. This 1s the stone which 
was rejected by you the builders, which is become 
the head of the corner: neither is there salvation 
in any other. For there is no other name under 
heaven given among men, by which we must be 
saved. 





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GosreL. Luke ii. 21. 


Ar that time: — After eight days were past, 
that the Child should be circumcised; His name 
was called Jesus, so called by the Angel before 
He was conceived in the womb. 


THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD 







PRAYER 


O GOD, Who by the leading of a star didst on 
this day manifest Thine only-begotten Son to the 
Gentiles, mercifully grant that we, who know Thee 
now by faith, may be brought to the contempla- 
tion of Thy glorious majesty. Through the same 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


EpistLe. Isaias Ix. 1-6. 


ALrise. be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy 
light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen 
upon thee. For behold, darkness shall cover the 
earth, and a mist the peoples: but the Lord 
shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen 
on thee. And the Gentiles shall walk in thy 
light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising. 
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all these 
are gathered together, they are come to thee: 
thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters 
shall rise up at thy side. Then shalt thou see, 
and abound, and thy heart shall wonder and be 


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enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall be 
converted to thee, the strength of the Gentiles 
shall come to thee. The multitude of camels 
shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and 
Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing 
gold and frankincense, and showing forth praise 


to the Lord. 
GospeL. Matt. u. 1-12. 


(Den Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Juda, 
in the days of King Herod, behold Magians came 
from eastern parts to Jerusalem, saying: Where 
is He that is born king of the Jews? For we have 
seen His star in the East, and we are come to 
worship Him. And King Herod, hearing this, 
was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And 
assembling together all the chief priests, and the 
scribes of the people, he inquired of them where 
the Christ should be born. And they said to 
him: In Bethlehem of Juda, for so it is written 
by the prophet: And thou Bethlehem, Jand of 
Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: 
for out of thee shall come forth a Leader, Who 
shall rule My people Israel. Then Herod, 
privately calling the Magians, ascertained from 
them the time when the star appeared to them. 
And sent them to Bethlehem, and said: Go, 
and diligently inquire after the Child, and when 

ye have found Him, bring back word to me, that 

I also may go and worship Him. When they 

had heard the king, they departed: and behold, 

the star which they had seen in the East went 


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»efore them, till it came and stood over the place 
vhere the Child was. And seeing the star, they 
ejoiced with very great joy. And having entered 
ato the house, they found the Child with Mary 
fis mother, and fell down and worshipped Him 
bere all kneel). And opening their treasures 
hey offered Him gifts, gold, frankincense, and 
1yrrh. And being warned by God in a dream, 
hat they should not return to Herod, they went 
ack another way into their own country. 


FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 


PRAYER 


) LORD, we beseech Thee, receive, of Thy heav- 
nly mercy, the prayers of Thy people who call 
ipon Thee, and grant that they mav both perceive 
vbat things thev ought to do, and also may have 
rower to fulfil the same. Through Christ our Lord, 
tc. AMEN. 


Epistte. Rom. xii. 1-4. 


Breturen: — I beseech you, by the mercy 
God, that ye present your bodies a living vic- 
im, holy, well pleasing to God, your rational 
vorship. And be not conformed to this world, 
y»ut be ye reformed in the newness of your mind; 
hat ye may prove what is the good, and accept- 
ible, and perfect will of God. For I say, by the 
sace which is given me, to all who are among 
rou: not to think more highly than it behooveth 





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to think; but to think soberly, and according as 
God hath dealt to every one the measure of 
faith. For as we have many members in one 
body, but all the members have not the same 
office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ 
and every one members one of another: Ir 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 


GospeL. Luke tt. 42-52. 


(Den Jesus was twelve years old, they wen 
up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of th 
feast, and when they had completed the days, a 
they returned, the Child Jesus remained behin: 
in Jerusalem, and His parents knew it not. An 
thinking that He was in the company, they cam 
a day’s journey, and sought Him among thei 
kindred and acquaintance. And not findin 
Him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking Hin 
And it came to pass that after three days the 
found Him in the Temple, sitting in the mid; 
of the doctors, hearing them and asking the: 
questions. And all who heard Him were a 
tonished at His wisdom, and His answers. Ar, 
when they saw Him they were amazed. And H 
mother said to Him: Child, why hast Thou do1 
so to us? Behold, Thy father and I were seeknn 
Thee sorrowing. And He said to them: WI 
did ye seek Me? Did ye not know that I mu 
be about My Father’s business? And th 
understood not the word which He spake 

them. And He went down with them, and car 
to Nazareth: and He was subject to them. A’ 


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lis mother kept all these things im her heart. 
snd Jesus advanced in wisdom and age, and favor 
vith God and men. 


SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 
PRAYER 
LMIGHTY and eternal God, Who rulest all 
rings both in heaven and on earth, mercifully hear 
ig prayers of Thy people, and grant us Thy peace 
our days. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


Epistte. Rom. xii. 6-16. 





eat LAA different gifts, ac- 
ording to the grace that is given us: either 
rophecy, to be used according to the rule of 
aith; or ministry, In ministering; or he that 
eacheth in doctrine; he that exhorteth in ex- 
orting; he that giveth with simplicity; he that 
uleth with carefulness; he that sheweth mercy 
ith cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimu- 
ition. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to 
hat which is good. Loving one another with 
he charity of brotherhood; with honor prevent- 
1g one another. In carefulness not slothful: 
1 spirit fervent: serving the Lord: rejoicing in 
ope: patient in tribulation: mstant in prayer: 
ommunicating to the necessities of the saints: 
ursuing hospitality. Bless them that persecute 
ou: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that 


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rejoice, weep with them that weep. Being of one 
mind one toward another; not minding high 
things, but consenting to the humble. 


GospreL. Jobn il. I-Il. 


T that time: — There was a wedding in 
Cana of Galilee: and the Mother of Jesus was 
there. And Jesus also was invited, and His 


disctples, to the wedding. And the wine failing, 


the Mother of Jesus saith to Him: They have no 
wine. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what 
have I to do with thee? My hour is not yet 
come. His Mother saith to the waiters: What- 
ever He shall say to you, do ye. Now six stone 
pitchers were set there, after the manner of the 
purifying of the Jews, containing two or three 
measures apiece. Jesus saith to them: Fill the 
pitchers with water. And they filled them up to 
the brim. And Jesus saith to them: Draw out 
now, and carry to the master of the feast. And 
they carried it. And when the master of the 
feast had tasted the water made wine, and knew 
not whence it was, but the waiters who drew the 


water knew, the master of the feast calleth the 


bridegroom, and saith to him: Every man at 
first setteth forth good wine, and when men 


have well drunk, then that which is inferior: but. 
thou hast kept the good wine until now. This: 


beginning of miracles did Jesus m Cana of 
Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His 
disciples believed in Him. 





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THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 


PRAYER 


El umicuty and everlasting God, mercifully 
look upon our infirmities, and stretch forth the 
right hand of Thy Majesty to help and defend us. 
Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Rom. xu. 16-21. 


Prev uren: — Be not wise In your own 
conceit. Render to no man evil for evil: provide 
good things not only before God, but also before 
all men. If it be possible, as much as is in you, 
have peace with all men. Do not revenge your- 
selves, dearly beloved, but give place unto wrath: 
for it is written: Vengeance is Mine; I will 
repay, saith the Lord. But if thme enemy 
hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give him drink: 
for doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his 
head. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome 
evil with good. 


GosreL, Matt. vill. I-13. 


Ar that time: — When Jesus was come down 
from the mountain, great crowds followed Him. 
And behold a Ieper came, and worshipped Him, 
saying: Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me 
clean. And Jesus, stretching forth His hand, 
touched him, saying: I will: Be thou made clean. 


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And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed. And 
Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man: but 
go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift 
which Moses commanded for a testimony to 
them. And on His entering into Capharnaum, 
a centurion came to Him, beseeching Him, and 
saying: Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of 
the palsy, and is grievously tormented. And 
Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him. 
And the centurion making answer, said: Lord, |] 
am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under 
my roof: but only say the word, and my servant 
shall be healed. For I also am a man subject 
to authority, having soldiers under me; and ] 
say to one: Go, and he goeth; and to another 
Come, and he cometh; and to my servant: Dc 
this, and he doeth it. And Jesus, hearing this 
marvelled, and said to those who followed Him 
Truly, I say to you, I have not found so grea’ 
faith in Israel. And I say to you, that many 
shall come from the east, and the west, and shal! 
recline at table with Abraham, and Isaac, anc 
Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But thi 
children of the kingdom shall be cast out int 
the outer darkness: there shall be wailing ani 
enashing of teeth. And Jesus said to the cen 
turion: Go, and as thou hast believed, be it don 
to thee. And the servant was healed at the sam 
hour. 





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FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 


PRAYER 


O GOD, Who knowest us to be set in the midst 
of so great dangers that, by reason of the frailty of our 
nature, we cannot stand, grant to us health of mind 
and body, that those things which we suffer for our 
sins we may by Thine aid overcome. Through 
Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLte. Rom. xu. 8-10. 


BRETHREN: — Owe no man anything, but 
to love one another: for he who loveth the 
neighbor hath fulfilled the law. For: thou shalt 
not commit adultery: thou shalt not kill: thou 
shalt not steal: thou shalt not covet: and if 
there be any other commandment, it Is comprised 
in this word: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as 
thyself. The love of the neighbor worketh no 
evil: love, therefore, is the fulfillmg of the law. 





GospEL. Matt. viii. 23-27. 


Ar that time: — When Jesus entered into the 
boat, His disciples followed Him: and behold a 
great storm arose at sea, so that the boat was 
covered with the waves, but He was asleep. And 
His disciples came to Him, and awaked Him, 
saying: Lord save us, we perish. And Jesus 
saith to them: Why are ye fearful, O ye of little 


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faith? Then rising up, He commanded the 
winds and the sea, and a great calm ensued. But 
the men wondered, saying: What manner of man 
is this, for the winds and the sea obey Him? 


FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 


PRAYER 


JReep, O Lord, we beseech Thee, Thy family by 
Thy continual mercy, that they who lean only upon 
the bope of Thy heavenly grace may evermore be 
defended by Thy protection. Through Christ our 
Lord. AMEN. 


EpisrLe. Col. il. 12-17. 


BrevuRen: — Put ye on, as the elect of 
God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, 
kindness, humility, modesty, patience: bearing 
with one another, and forgiving one another, if 
any man hath a complaint against any one: as 
even the Lord hath forgiven you, so ye also. But 
above all these things, put on charity, which 1 
the bond of perfection: and let the peace o 
Christ reign in your hearts, in which also ye ar 
called in one body: and be ye thankful. Let th 
word of Christ dwell in you abundantly, in a! 
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one anothe 
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace 
singing in your hearts to God. All whatever y_ 
do in word, or in work, all things do ye in the nam) 








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of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God 
and the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord. 


GosPEL. Matt. xii. 24-30. 


Ar that time: — Jesus spoke this parable to 
the multitudes: The kingdom of heaven is 
likened to a man who sowed good seed in his 
field. But while the men were asleep, his enemy 
came and sowed cockle among the wheat, and 
went away. And when the blade sprang up and 
brought forth fruit, then appeared also the 
cockle. And the servants of the householder came 
and said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed 
in thy field? Whence then hath it cockle? And 
he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And 
the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go 
and gather it up? And he said: No, lest in 
gathering up the cockle ye root up the wheat also 
with it. Let both grow together until the har- 
vest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to 
the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind 
it in bundles to burn, but the wheat gather into 
my barn. 


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SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 


PRAYER 


Grant us, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, 
ever to think such things as are reasonable, and, in 
every word and work of ours, to do that which 1s 
pleasing in Thy sight. Through Christ our Lord. 
AMEN. 


EpistLeE. 1 Jbess. i. 2-10. 


(BrevHREN: — We give thanks to God 


always for you all, making remembrance of you 


in our prayers, without ceasing, being mindful of | 
the work of your faith, and labor, and charity, | 


and the endurance of the hope of our Lord Jesus 


Christ, before our God and Father: knowing, | 
brethren, beloved of God, your election: because | 
our gospel to you was not in word only, but also | 


in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much 
fulness, as ye know what manner of men we were 
among you for’ your sake. And ye became 
followers of us and of the Lord, having received 
the word in much tribulation, with joy of the 
Holy Spirit: so that ye became a model to all 
who believe in Macedonia and Achaia. For from 
you the word of the Lord was spread abroad, not 
only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every 
place your faith, which is toward God, hath gone 
forth, so that we have no need to say anything. 
For they themselves relate of us what manner of 








GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 617 


entrance we had among you, and how ye turned 
to God from idols, to serve the living and true 
God, and to wait for His Son from heaven (Whom 
He raised from the dead), Jesus, Who hath 


delivered us from the wrath to come. 


GospEL. Matt. xiii. 31-35. 


Ar that time: — Jesus spake this parable to 
the multitudes: The kingdom of heaven is like 
to a grain of mustard, which a man took and 
sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all 
seeds: but when it is grown up, it is greater than 
all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds 
of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 
Another parable He spake to them: The kingdom 
of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took 
and hid in three measures of meal, until the 
whole was leavened. All these things Jesus 
spake to the crowds in parables: and without 
parables He did not speak to them: that what 
was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, 
when He saith: I will open My mouth in para- 
bles. I will utter things hidden from the founda- 
tion of the world. 


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SEPTUAGESIMA 


PRAYER 


O LORD, we beseech Thee, graciously hear the © 
prayers of Thy people, that we, who are justly 
afflicted for our sins, may be mercifully delivered © 
by Thy goodness, for the glory of Thy name. 
Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistTE: 1 Cor. ix. 24x. 4. 


@Breruren: — Know ye not that they who 
run in the race-ground, all run mdeed, but one 
receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain. 
And every one who striveth for the mastery 
refraineth himself from all things, and they, 
indeed, that they may receive a perishable crown: 
but we an imperishable. I therefore so run, not 
as an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating 
the air. But I chastise my body, and bring it 
under subjection, Jest perhaps, when I have 
preached to others, I myself become a reprobate. | 
For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, 
that our fathers were all under the cloud and all 
passed through the sea, and all were baptized 
unto Moses in the cloud, and in the sea: and all 
did eat the same spiritual food, and all drank the 
same spiritual drink (and they drank of the 
spiritual rock which followed them: and the rock 
was Christ). But with the most of them God was 
not well pleased. 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 619 


GospEL. Matt. xx. 1-16. 











T that time: — Jesus spoke to His disciples 
his parable: The kingdom of heaven is like to a 
ouseholder, who went out early m the morning 
to hire Jaborers into his vineyard. And having 
greed with the laborers for a shillmg a day, he 
sent them into his vineyard. And going out about 
the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the 
arket-place. And he said to them: Go ye also 
into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just. 
And they went. And again he went out about 
the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like 
manner. But about the eleventh he went out, 
and found others standing, and saith to them: 
Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say to 
him: Because no one hath hired us. He saith to 
them: Go ye also into my vineyard. And when 
evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith 
to his steward: Call the laborers, and pay them 
their hire, beginning from the Jast even to the 
first. When therefore they who had come about 
the eleventh hour came forward, they received 
each one a shilling. But when the first also 
came, they thought that they should receive 
more: and they also received each one a shilling. 
And when they received it, they murmured 
against the householder, saying: These last have 
worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal 
to us, who have borne the burden of the day, 
and the burning heat. But he answered and said 
to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong: 
didst thou not agree with me for a shilling? Take 


620 GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 


what is thine and go. It is my will also to give 
to this last even as to thee. Is it not lawful for 
me to do what I will? Is thine eye evil, because 
I am good? So shall the last be first, and. the 
first Iast: For many are called, but few are 
chosen. 


SEXAGESIMA 


PRAYER 


YO GOD, Who seest that we put not our trust in 
anything that we do, mercifully grant that, through 
the protection of the Doctor of the Gentiles, we may 
be defended against all adversity. Through Christ 
our Lord. AMEN. 


EpmstLe. 2 Cor. xi. 19 — xl. 9. 


Breturen: — Ye willingly suffer the fool- 
ish, whereas ye yourselves are wise. For ye 
suffer if any one bring you into bondage, if a 
man devour you, if a man take, if a man exalt 
himself, if a man strike you on the face. I speak: 
according to dishonor, as though we had been: 
weak in this respect. Wherein any one ts bold 
(I speak foolishly), I am bold also. They are 
Hebrews, I also: They are Israelites, I also: 
They are the seed of Abraham, I also. They 
are ministers of Christ (I speak as foolish), I 
more so: In many more labors, in prisons more 
frequently, in stripes above measure, in deaths 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 621 


often. From the Jews I received five times forty 
stripes save one. Thrice I was beaten with rods, 
once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, 
a night and a day have I been in the deep, in 
journeyings often, perils of rivers, perils of rob- 
bers, perils from my nation, perils from the Gen- 
tiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, 
perils in the sea, perils among false brethren: 
m labor and distress, in watchings often, in 
hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and 
nakedness: Besides the things that are without, 
my daily charge, the care of all the churches. 
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is 
scandalized, and I do not burn? If I must glory, 
I will glory in the things which concern my 
weakness. God, even the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, Who is blessed for ever, knoweth 
that I do not lie. At Damascus the governor 
of King Aretas guarded the city of the Damas- 
cenes, to apprehend me: and through a window, 
in a basket, was I Jet down by the wall, and so 
I escaped his hands. If I must glory (it is not 
indeed exvedient), but I will come to the visions 
and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in 
Christ, above fourteen years ago (whether in the 
body I know not, or whether out of the body I 
know not, God knoweth), such a one caught up 
to the third heaven. And I know such a man 
(whether in the body or out of the body, I know 
not, God knoweth), that he was caught up into 
paradise: and heard seeret words, which it is 
not allowed for man to utter. For such a one 
T will glory: but for myself I will not glory, but 


622 GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 
in mine infirmities. For, although I would glory, © 
I shall not be foolish: for I will say the truth; 
but I forbear, lest any man should esteem me 

beyond what he seeth in me, or heareth something 

from me. And lest the greatness of the revela- 

tion should lift me up, a thorn in my flesh, an 

angel of Satan, was given me to buffet me. For 

which cause I besought the Lord thrice, that it 

might depart from me: And He said to me: 

My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is 

perfected in weakness. Gladly, therefore, will 

I glory in mine infirmities, that the power of 

Christ may dwell in me. 


Gosret. Luke vil. 4-15. 


Al; that time: — When a great crowd was 
gathered together, and they hastened to Him 
out of the cities, He spake by a similitude: The 
sower went out to sow his seed. And as he 
sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was 
trodden down, and the birds of the air ate it up. 
And some fell on the rock, and as soon as it had 
sprung up it withered away, because it had no 
moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the 
thorns, growing up with it, choked it. And 
some fell on good ground, and sprang up, and 
yielded fruit a hundred-fold. Saying these things, 
He cried out: He who hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. And His discioles asked Him what this 
parable might be? And He said to them: Tc 
you it is given to know the mystery of the king:! 
dom of God; but to the rest in parables, that: 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 623 


eeing they may not see, and hearing they may 
ot understand. Now the parable is this: The 
eed is the word of God. And those by the way- 
side are they who hear; then the devil cometh 
ind taketh the word out of their heart, lest 
relieving they should be saved. Now those 
upon the rock are they who, when they hear, 
eceive the word with joy: and these have no 
‘oot: for they believe for a while, and in time of 
emptation they fall away. And that which fell 
umong the thorns are they who, when they have 
1eard, go forth and are choked with cares and 
‘iches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit 
© maturity. But that on the good ground are 
hey who in a good and excellent heart, hearing 
he word, retain it, and bring forth fruit in 
yatience. 


QUINQUAGESIMA 
PRAYER 


+) LORD, we beseech Thee, graciously hear our 
yrayers, that we, being loosed from all chains of 
ur sins, may by Thee be defended against all 
idversity. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. 1 Cor. xiii. I-13. 


BretHREN: — If I speak with the tongues 
»f men and of angels, and have not charity, I 
um become as sounding brass, or a tinkling 


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cymbal. And if I have prophecy, and know all 
the mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I have 
all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not 
charity, lam nothing. And if I should distribute 
all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should 
deliver my body to be burned, and have not 
charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity Is: 
patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not; 
perversely, is not puffed up, is not ambitious, 
seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, 
thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, bi 
rejoiceth with the truth: beareth all things, 
believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth, 
all things. Charity never falleth away: whether 
prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall 
cease, or knowledge be made void. For we 
know in part, and we prophesy in part. But, 
when that which is perfect is come, that whicl| 
is in part shall be done away. When I was ¢; 
child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child; 
I thought asa child. But when I became a man} 
I put away childish things. We now see throug} 
a glass darkly: but then, face to face. Now | 
know in part: but then I shall know even as I an| 
known. And now remain faith, hope, charity| 
these three: but the greatest of these three 1) 
charity. 











GosreL. Luke xviii. 31-43. 


¢ [+ that time:-——Jesus took to Him th 
twelve, and said to them: Behold, we are goin 
up to Jerusalem, and all things will be accom 







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lished which were written by the prophets con- | 
rning the Son of man. For He will be delivered 
p to the Gentiles, and mocked, and scourged, 
md spit upon. And after they have scourged 
Jim, they will put Him to death, and the third 
ay He will rise agam. And they understood 
cone of these things, and this word was hidden 
rom them, and they understood not the things 
vhich were said. Now it came to pass, as He 
[rew near to Jericho, that a certain blind man 
at by the wayside, beggig. And when he heard 
he multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. 
ind they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was 
vassing by. And he cried out, saying: Jesus, 
on of David, have mercy on me. And they who 
vent before, rebuked him, charging him to be 
ilent. But he cried out much more: Son of 
David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stopped 
ind commanded him to be brought to Him. And 
vhen he was come near, He asked him, saying: 
Vhat wilt thou that I do for thee? And he said: 
_ord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus 
aid to him: Receive thy sight: thy faith hath 
made thee whole. And immediately he received 
us sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And 
Ul the people, when they saw it, gave praise to 
sod. 





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FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT 
PRAYER 


@) GOD, Who dost every year purify Thy Church 
by the fast of forty days, grant unto this Thy fam- 
ily that what things they strive to obtain at Thy 
hand by abstinence, they may turn to profit by 
good works. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpisTtLeE. 2 Cor. vi. I-10. 


(BreTHREN: — We do exhort, that ye re- 


ceive not the grace of God in vain. For He saith: 
In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in 


the day of salvation I have helped thee. Behold. 


now is the acceptable time, behold now ts the 


day of salvation. Giving no offence to any one, , 


that our ministry may not be blamed: but in 
all let us present ourselves as ministers of God 


in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, | 


in distresses, In stripes, In prisons, In tumults, in 
labors, in watchings, in fastings, in chastity, in 
knowledge, in long suffering, in sweetness, in the 
Holy Spirit, in charity unfeigned, in the word of 
truth, in the power of God, by the armor of 
justice on the right hand, and on the left, by 
glory and dishonor, by evil report, and good 
report: as deceivers and true; as unknown and 
known: as dying, and behold we live: as 
chastened, and not killed: as sorrowful, yet 
always rejoicing: as needy, yet enriching many 
as having nothing, and possessing all things. 





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GospEL. Matt. iv. 1-11. 


T that time: — Jesus was Ied by the Spirit 
nto the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And 
when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, 
fterwards He was hungry. And the tempter 
same and said to Him: If Thou art the Son of 
God, command that these stones be made bread. 
But He answered and said: It is written: Not 
oy bread alone doth man live, but by every word 
hat proceedeth from the mouth of God. Then 
the devil took Him up into the holy city, and set 
Him upon the pinnacle of the Temple, and said 
to Him: If Thou art the Son of God, cast Thy- 
self down; for it is written: He hath given His 
angels charge over Thee, and in their hands they 
shall bear Thee up, lest Thou dash Thy foot 
against a stone. Jesus said to him: It is written 
again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 
Again the devil took Him up into a very high 
mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of 
the world, and their glory: and said to Him: All 
these will I give Thee, if Thou wilt fall down and 
worship me. Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, 
Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God shalt 
thou worship, and Him only shalt thou serve. 
Then the devil Jeft Him; and behold, angels came 
and ministered to Him. 





628 GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 


SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT 


PRAYER 


Eluicury God, Who seest that we have ne 
power of ourselves, keep us both inwardly ana 
outwardly: that we may be defended from al, 
adversities which may happen to the body, and from 


all evil thoughts which may hurt the soul. Througk 
Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. 1 Thess. iv. 1-7. 


Breruren: — We ask and beseech you by) 


the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received from us 
how ye ought to walk, and please God, so also 


ye would walk, that ye may abound the more.) 
For ye know what commands I gave you by the 3 
Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, yow 


sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication 
that every one of you know how to possess his 
vessel in sanctification and honor, not in the 
passion of lust, even as the Gentiles, who know 
not God: and that no man over-reach, or cir. 
cumvent his brother in the matter, because the 
Lord is the avenger of all those things, as we have 


told you before, and testified. For God hath no? 
called us to uncleanness, but to holiness: ir 


Christ Jesus our Lord. 








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GospEL. Matt. xvii. 1-0. 


Ar that time: — Jesus taketh with Him Peter, 
and James, and John his brother, and bringeth 
them up on a high mountain apart: and was 
transfigured before them. And His face shone 
as the sun: and His garments became white as 
snow. And behold, there appeared to them 
Moses and Elias talkmg with Him. And Peter 
answered and said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for 
us to be here; if Thou wilt, let us make here 
three tents, one for Thee, and one for Moses, 
and one for Elias. And while he was yet speaking, 
behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And 
Io! a Voice from the cloud saying, This is My 
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear 
ye Him. And when the disciples heard it, they 
fell on their face, and were very much afraid. 
And Jesus came and touched them, and said to 
them: Arise, and fear not. And when they 
lifted up their eyes they saw no one, but Jesus 
alone. And as they came down from the moun- 
tain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision 
to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the 


dead. 





630 _ GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 
THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT 


PRAYER 


(De beseech Thee, almighty God, look upon the 


desires of Thy bumble servants, and stretch forth 


the right hand of Thy Majesty, to be our defence 
Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. LEpbes. v. 1-9. 
@reruren:—Be ye followers of God, as 


beloved children: and walk in love, as Christ 
also hath loved us, and delivered Himself uf 
for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet: 
smelling savor. But let not fornication, and al 
uncleanness, or covetousness, be even namec 
among you, as it becometh saints: or filthiness 
or foolish talking, or buffoonery, which is not t 
the purpose: but rather thanksgiving. For knov 
ye this, understanding that no fornicator, or un 
clean or covetous man, who is an idolater, hatl 
inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ, ane 
God. Let no man deceive you with vain words 
for because of these things the anger of Go: 
cometh on the children of unbelief. Be no 
therefore partakers with them. For ye wer 
once darkness; but now light in the Lord. Wal 
as children of light: for the fruit of the light ts 1 
all goodness, and justice, and truth. 





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GospeL. Luke xi. 14-28. 


Alr that time: — Jesus was casting out a devil, 
and it was dumb; and when He had cast out the 
devil, the dumb man spake: and the crowds 
wondered. But some of them said: He casteth 
out devils through Beelzebub, the prince of 
devils. But others, tempting, sought of Him a 
sign from heaven. But seeing their thoughts, 
He said to them: Every kingdom divided against 
itself is brought to desolation, and house against 
house falleth. And if Satan also is divided 
against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? 
since ye say, that by Beelzebub I cast out the 
devils. Nowif I cast out the devils by Beelzebub, 
by whom do your children cast them out? There- 
fore they shall be your judges. But if, by the 
finger of God, I cast out the devils, doubtless 
the kingdom of God is come upon you. When 
the strong one armed guardeth his court, his 
goods are secure, but if one stronger than he 
come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh 
away all his armor wherein he trusted, and 
distributeth his spoils. He who is not with Me, 
is against Me: and he who gathereth not with 
Me, scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone 
out of a man, he walketh through places without 
water, seeking rest: and not finding it, he saith: 
I will return to my house, whence I came out. 
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and 
adorned. Then he goeth and taketh with him 
seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and 
they enter in, and dwell there; and the last state 





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of that man becometh worse than the first. And 
it came to pass, as He spake these things, that a 
certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her 
voice, said to Him: Happy is the womb which 
bore Thee, and the breasts which Thou hast 
sucked. But He said: Yea, rather happy are 
they who hear the word of God, and keep it. 


FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT 


PRAYER 


Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that w 
who for our deeds are justly punished, by th 
comfort of Thy grace may mercifully be relievea) 
Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. | 


EpistLe. Gal. iv. 22-31. 


BreTHREN: — It is written: Abraham ha 
two sons, one by a bond-maid, and one by a fre 
woman. But he by the bond-maid was bor 
after the flesh: and he by the free woman, 
promise: which things are an allegory. Fi 
these are two covenants: one indeed on Mou 
Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Aga 
for Sinai is a mount in Arabia, which correspon 
eth with the present Jerusalem, and is in bonda 
with her children. But that Jerusalem which 
above, is free; which is our mother. For it 
written: Rejoice, thou barren, who bearest nc} 





break forth, and cry, thou who travailest ne, 


GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 633 


|\for many are the children of the desolate one, 
jrather than of her who hath a husband. But we, 
|brethren, according to Isaac are children of 
|promise. But as then he who was born according 
|to the flesh, persecuted him who was according 
jto the Spirit: so now also. But what saith the 
Scripture? Cast forth the bond-maid, and her 
son: for the son of the bond-maid shall not be 
heir with the son of the free woman. Therefore, 
brethren, we are not children of the bond-maid 
but of the free woman: with the liberty where- 
with Christ hath made us free. 


GosreL. Jobn vi. 1-15. 


A that time: — Jesus went over the lake of 
Galilee, which is that of Tiberias: and a great 
crowd followed Him, because they saw the 
miracles which He performed on those who were 
infirm. Jesus therefore went up the mountain, 
‘and there sat with His discinles. Now the 
‘Passover, the festival day of the Jews, was at 
hand. When Jesus therefore lifted up His eves, 
and saw that a great crowd was coming to Him, 
‘He said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, 
that these may eat? And this He said to try him: 
for He Himself knew what He would do. Philip 
answered Him: Loaves to the amount of two 
hundred shillings are not sufficient for them, that 
every one may take a little. One of His disciples, 
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to 
Him: There is a boy here who hath five barley 
loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among 





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so many? Then Jesus said: Make the men sit 
down. Now, there was much grass in the place. 
The men therefore sat down, in number about 
fve thousand. And Jesus took the loaves: and 
when He had given thanks, He distributed to: 
those who were seated: in like manner also of 
the fishes, as much as they would. And when 
they were filled, He said to His disciples: Gather 
up the broken meat, which remaineth, lest it be 
lost. They gathered up, therefore, and filled 
twelve baskets with the broken pieces of the five 
barley loaves, which remained over and above tc 
those who had eaten. Now those men, wher 
they had seen what a sign Jesus had performed 
said: This is, of a truth, the Prophet who is t¢ 
come into the world. Jesus, therefore, knowin 
that they would come to take Him by force, anc 
make Him king, fled again into the mountain b» 


Himself. 


PASSION SUNDAY 


PRAYER 


(Dr heseech Thee, almighty God, to look dow 
mercifully upon this Thy family, that by Th 
great goodness they may be governed in bodv, ar 
by Thy holy keeping be guarded in mind. Throuj 
Christ our Lord. AMEN. 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 635 


EpistLe. Heb. ix. 11-15. 


BRETHREN: — Christ being come a High- 
priest of the good things to come, by the greater 
and better tabernacle not made with hands, 
that is, not of this building, neither by the blood 
of goats, or calves; but by His own blood, entered 
once into the sanctuary, having obtained an 
eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats 
and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer, being 
sprinkled, sanctify unto the cleansing of the 
flesh those who are defiled; how much more 
shall the blood of Christ, who through the Holy 
Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, 
cleanse our conscience from dead works, to wor- 
ship the living God? And for this, He is Mediator 
‘of a new covenant, that death intervening for 
the redemption of the transgressions, which were 
under the former covenant, they who are called 
may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance: 
in Christ Jesus our Lord. 





GospeEL. John vitt. 46-59. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to the multitudes 
of the Jews: Which of you shall convict Me of 
sin? If I say the truth to you, why do ye not 
believe Me? He that is of God, heareth the 
words of God. Therefore ye hear them not, 
because ye are not of God. The Jews therefore 
answered, and said to Him: Do not we say well 
that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 


636 GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 


Jesus answered: I have not a devil: but I honor | 
My Father, and ye have dishonored Me. But I ° 
seek not Mine own glory: there is One Who 

seeketh and judgeth. Truly, truly, I say to you: 

if any man keep My word, he shall not see death 

ever. The Jews therefore said: Now we know 

that Thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and 

the prophets; and Thou sayest: If any man keep 

My word, he shall not taste death ever. Art 

Thou greater than our Father Abraham, who is 

dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost 

Thou make Thyself? Jesus answered: If I 

glorify Myself, My glory is nothing. It is My 

Father that glorifieth Me, of Whom ye say that 

He is your God. And ye know Him not; but I 

know Him. And if I should say that I know; 
Him not, I shall be like to you, a liar. But I. 
know Him, and keep His word. Abraham your: 
father rejoiced that he might see My day; he: 
saw it, and was glad. The Jews therefore said’ 
to Him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and! 
hast Thou seen Abraham? Jesus said to them: 
Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was! 
made, I am. They took up stones, therefore, to} 
cast at Him. But Jesus hid Himself, and went 
out of the Temple. 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 637 


PALM SUNDAY 


PRAYER 






LMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who hast 
aused our Saviour to take upon Him our flesh, 
ind to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind 
hould follow the example of His bumility, merci- 
ully grant that we may deserve both to keep in mind 
be lessons of His patience, and also to be made 
rartakers of His Resurrection. Through the same 
cbrist our Lord. AMEN. 


Epistte. Philipp. i. 5-11. 
QRETHREN: — Have this mind in your- 


elves, which also was in Christ Jesus; Who being 
n the form of God, thought it not robbery to be 
qual with God; but emptied Himself and took 
he form of a servant, being made in the likeness 
ff men, and in fashion found as a man. He 
tumbled Himself, and became obedient unto 
leath, even the death of the cross. Wherefore 
Iso God hath highly exalted Him, and given 
Jim the name, which is above every name: that 
t the name of Jesus every knee should bend of 
hose that are in heaven, on earth, and under the 
arth; and every tongue should cenfess that the 
ord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the 
‘ather. 





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THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 


According to Matthew — Matt. xxvi, xxvii. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
Ye know that after two days will be the Passover, 
and the Son of man will be delivered up to be 
crucified. Then were gathered together the 
chief priests and ancients of the people into the 
court of the high-priest, who was called Caiphas: 
and they consulted together, that they might 
take Jesus by craft, and put Him to death. But 
they said: Not on the festival, lest there be ¢ 
tumult among the people. And when Jesus was 
in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ¢ 
woman came to Him having an alabaster bor 
of precious ointment, and poured it on His head 
as He reclined at table. And when the disciple: 
saw it, they were displeased, saying: To wha 
purpose is this waste? For this might have beei 
sold for much, and given to the poor. And Jesu 
knowing it, said to them: Why trouble ye thi 
woman? for she hath wrought a good work o 
Me. For the poor ye have always with you 
but Me ye have not always. For in pouring thi 
ointment on My body she hath done it for M 
burial. Truly I say to you, wherever this gospé 
shall be preached in the whole world, this als 
which she hath done shall be told in memory ¢ 
her. Then one of the twelve, who was calle 
Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, and sai 
to them: What will ye give me, and I will deliv 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 639 


Him to you? And they assigned him thirty pieces 
of silver. And thenceforth he sought opportunity 
to betray Him. And on the first day of un- 
leavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, 
saying: Where wilt Thou that we prepare for 
Thee to eat the Passover? But Jesus said: Go 
into the city to a certain man, and say to him: 
The Master saith: My time is at hand; with 
thee I keep the Passover with My disciples. And 
the disciples did as Jesus ordered them, and 
prepared the Passover. And when it was evening, 
He sat down with His twelve disciples. And 
whilst they were eating, He said: Truly I say to 
you, that one of you will betray Me. And they 
being very much troubled, began every one to 
say: Is it I, Lord? But He answered and said: 
He that dippeth his hand with Me in the dish, 
jhe will betray Me. The Son of man indeed goeth, 
jas it is written of Him: but woe to that man by 
whom the Son of man is betrayed. It were 
‘better for that man if he had not been born. 
‘And Judas who betrayed Him, answered and 
‘said: Rabbi, is it 1? Hesaith to him: Thou hast 
said it. And whilst they were at supper, Jesus 
took bread, and blessed, and broke, and gave to 
His disciples, and said: Take and eat: this is My 
Body. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, 
and gave to them, saying: Drink ye all of this. 
For this is My Blood of the new testament which 
shall be shed for many, unto remission of sins. 
And I say to you I will not drink henceforth of 
this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink 
It new with you in the kingdom of My Father. 


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And when they had sung a hymn, they went out 
unto Mount Olivet. Then Jesus saith to them. 
All of you will be scandalized in regard to Me 
this night. For it is written: I will strike the 
Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be 
scattered. But after I am risen, I will go before 
you into Galilee. And Peter answered and said 
to Him: Although all shall be scandalized in 
regard to Thee, I will never be scandalized. 
Jesus said to him: Truly I say to thee, that this 
night, before a cock crow, thou wilt deny Me 
thrice: Peter saith to Him: Yea, though I 
should die with Thee, I will not deny Thee. 
And in like manner spoke all the disciples. Then 
Jesus came with them into a country place called 
Gethsemane: and said to His disciples: Sit ye here 
while I go yonder, and pray. And taking with 
Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began 
to grow sorrowful and to be very sad. Then He 
saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto 
death: stay ye here, and watch with Me. And 
He went a little farther, and fell upon His face, 
and prayed, saying: My Father, if it be possible, 
let this cup pass away from Me. Nevertheless, 
not as I will, but as Thou. And He cometh to 
His disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith 
to Peter: So, could ye not watch with Me one 
hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into 
temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the 
flesh is weak. Again a second time He went away 
and prayed, saying: My Father, if this cup can- 
not pass away, except I drink it, Thy will be 
done. And He cometh again, and findeth them 


GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 641 


sleeping: for their eyes were heavy. And leaving 
them, He went away again: and prayed the 
third time, saying the same words. Then He 
cometh to His disciples, and saith to them: 
Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the 
hour is at hand, and the Son of man shall be 
betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us 
go: behold, he that will betray Me is at hand. 
While He was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one 
of the twelve, came, and with him a great crowd 
with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests 
and the ancients of the people. And His betrayer 
gave them a sign, saying: Whom [I shall kiss, 
that is He; hold Him fast. And forthwith he 
came to Jesus, and said: Hail, Rabbi: and he 
kissed Him. And Jesus said to him: Friend, 
for what art thou come? Then they came up, 
and laid hands on Jesus, and held Him. And 
behold one of those with Jesus stretched forth 
his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the 
servant of the high-priest, and cut off his ear. 
Then Jesus saith to him: Put up again thy sword 
into its place: for all they that take the sword 
shall perish by the sword. Thinkest thou that I 
cannot ask My Father, and He will give Me 
presently more than twelve legions of angels? 
How, then, shall the Scripture be fulfilled, that 
thus it must be done? In that hour Jesus said 
to the crowds: Ye are come out, as if to a robber, 
with swords and clubs to take Me. I sat among 
you daily teaching in the Temple, and ye did not 
lay hands on Me. Now all this was done, that 
the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. 





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Then the disciples all left Him, and fled. But 
they that held Jesus, led Him to Caiphas, the 
high-priest, where the scribes and the ancients 
were assembled. And Peter followed Him afar 
off, even to the court of the high-priest. And 
going in, he sat with the servants, that he might 
see the end. And the chief priests, and the whole 
council sought false testimony against Jesus, 
that they might put Him to death: And they 
found none, although many false witnesses had 
come forward. And last of all came two false 
witnesses: and said: This man said, I am able 
to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in 
three days. And the high-priest arose, and said 
to Him: Answerest Thou nothing to the things 
which these testify against Thee? But Jesus was 
silent. And the high-priest said to Him: I 
adjure Thee by the living God that Thou tell 
us whether Thou art the Christ, the Son of God. 
Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. But I say 
to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of man 
sitting at the right hand of the power of God, 
and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the 
high-priest rent his garments, saying: He hath 
blasphemed: what further need have we of 
witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard the 
blasphemy: what think ye? They answered 
and said: He is worthy of death. Then they 
spat in His face, and buffeted Him; and some 
struck His face with the palms of their hands, 
saying: Prophesy to us, O Christ, who Is he that 
struck Thee? But Peter sat without in the court; 
and there came to him a servant-maid, saying: 


GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 643 


Thou also wast with Jesus, the Galilean. But 
he denied it before all, saying: I know not what 
thou sayest. And as he went out of the gate, 
another maid saw him, and she saith to those who 
were there: This man also was with Jesus of 
Nazareth. And again he denied it with an oath: 
I do not know the Man. And after a while, they 
who stood by came and said to Peter: Surely 
thou also art one of them, for even thy speech 
doth discover thee. Then he began to invoke 
‘curses on himself, and to swear that he knew 
not the Man. And immediately a cock crowed. 
And Peter remembered the words of Jesus which 
He had said: Before a cock crow thou wilt deny 
Me thrice. And he went out and wept bitterly. 
And when morning was come, all the chief 
Pe iests and ancients of the people took counsel 
against Jesus, that they might put Him to death. 
And having bound Him, they led Him away: 
and delivered Hm to Pontius Pilate, the governor. 
Then Judas, who betrayed Him, seeing that He 
was condemned, repented, and brought back 
the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and 
the ancients, saying: I have sinned by betraying 
just blood. But they said: What is that to us? 
Look thou toit. And casting down in the Temple 
the pieces of silver, he departed; and went and 
hanged himself. But the chief priests took the 
pieces of silver, and said: It is not lawful to put 
them into the treasury, because it is the price 
of blood. And after they had consulted together, 
they bought with them the potter’s field, to be 
a burying-place for strangers. For this cause 







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that field was called Hakeldama, the field of 
blood, even to this day. Then was fulfilled that 
which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, who 
saith: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, 
the price of Him who was priced, whom they of 
the children of Israel did price. And they gave 
them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed 
me. And Jesus stood before the governor, and 
the governor asked Him, saying: Art Thou the 
King of the Jews? Jesus saith to him: Thou 
sayest it. And when He was accused by the 
chief priests and ancients, He made no answer. 
Then Pilate saith to Him: Dost Thou not hear 
how many things they testify against Thee? 
And He answered not a word, so that the governor 
wondered exceedingly. Now on the solemn day, 
the governor was accustomed to release to the 
people one prisoner, whom they would. And he 
had then a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 
When therefore they were gathered together, 
Pilate said: Whom will ye that I release to you, 
Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ? For 
he knew that they had delivered Him up through’ 
envy. And as he was sitting on the tribunal, 
his wife sent to him, saying: Have nothing to do 
with that Just Man: for I have suffered much 
this day in a dream on account of Him. But 
the chief priests and the ancients persuaded the 
crowds that they should ask Barabbas, anc 
destroy Jesus. And the governor answered anc 
said to them: Which of the two will ve that | 
release to you? But they said: Barabbas 
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Jesus Who is called Christ? They all say: Let 
Him be crucified. The governor said to them: 
Why, what evil hath He done? But they cried 
out the more, saying: Let Him be crucified. 
And Pilate seeing that he did no good, but that 
rather a tumult was made, took water and washed 
his hands before the crowd, saying: I am innocent 
of the blood of this just man: look ye to it. 
And all the people answered and said: His blood 
be on us, and on our children. Then he released 
to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, 
delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then the 
soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the hall, 
and gathered together unto Him the whole band. 
And stripped Him, and put a scarlet cloak about 
Him. And having platted a crown of thorns, 
they put it on His head, and a reed in His right 
hand. And they bowed the knee before Him, 
and mocked Him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews. 
And they spat upon Him, and took the reed and 
struck His head. And after they had mocked 
Him, they took off the cloak from Him, and put 
on Him His own garments, and Ied Him away 
to crucify Him. And as they went out, they 
found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him 
they forced to take up his cross. And they came 
to a place called Golgotha, that is, place of a 
skull. And they gave Him to drink wine mingled 
with gall. And when He had tasted, He would 
not drink. And after they had crucified Him, 
they divided His garments, casting lots, that 
what was spoken by the prophet might be ful- 
filled, who saith: They divided My garments 


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among them: and on My vesture they cast 
lots. And they sat and watched Him. And 
they put over His head His charge, written: 
This is Jesus the King of the Jews. Then were 
crucified with Him two robbers: one on the 
right hand, and one on the left. And they that 
passed by, blasphemed Him, wagging their 
heads, and saying: Vah, Thou who destroyest 
the temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild 
it, save Thyself: if Thou art the Son of God, 
come down from the cross. In like manner also 
the chief priests with the scribes and ancients, 
mocking, said: He saved others; Himself He 
cannot save: If He is King of Israel, let Him now 
come down from the cross, and we will believe 
Him. He trusted in God: Iet Him now deliver 
Him, if He love Him: for He said: I am the Son 
of God. And the robbers also, who were crucified 
with Him, reproached Him in like manner. Now 
from the sixth hour there was darkness over the 
whole earth, until the ninth hour. And about 
the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, 
saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabachthani? that is, 
My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? 
And some who stood there and heard, said: 
This Man calleth Elias. And immediately one 
of them ran and took a sponge, and soaked it in 
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to 
drink. And the others said: Hold, let us see 
whether Elias will come to deliver Him. And 
Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up 

His Spirit. | 


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Here all kneel, and pause awhile. 
And behold the veil of the temple was rent in 
twain from the top even to the bottom, and the 
earth quaked, and the rocks were rent. And the 
monuments were opened, and many bodies of 
the saints, who had slept, arose. And they came 
out of the monuments, after His resurrection, 
and went into the holy city, and appeared to 
many. Now when the centurion, and they who 
were with him watching Jesus, saw the earth- 
quake, and the things which took place, they 
were greatly terrified, saying: Indeed this was 
the Son of God. And many women were there, 
afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, 
ministering to Him: among whom was Mary 
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and 
Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. 
And when it was evening, there came a rich man 
of Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself also 
was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate, and 
asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded 
that the body should be delivered up. And 
Joseph taking the body, wrapped it in a clean 
linen cloth, and laid it m his own new monument, 
which he had hewn out in the rock. And rolled 
a great stone to the door of the monument, 
and went away. And Mary Magdalene was 
there, and the other Mary, sitting over against 
the tomb. And the next day, which followed 
the day of preparation, the chief priests and the 
Pharisees came together to Pilate, saying: Sr, 
we remember that that deceiver said while He 
was yet alive: After three days I will rise. 


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Command, therefore, the tomb to be made secure 
until the third day: Iest His disciples come, and 
steal Him away, and say to the people: He is 
risen from the dead; and the last error will be 
worse than the first. Pilate said to them: Ye 
have a guard: Go, make it secure, as ye know 
how. And they went and made the tomb secure, 
sealing the stone with the guard. 


EASTER SUNDAY 


PRAYER 


@) GOD, Who through Thine only-begotten Son. 
bast on this day overcome death, and opened unto. 
us the gate of everlasting life, as by Thy helpful! 
grace Thou dost prosper our good desires, so do 
Thou accompany them with Thy continual belp.| 
Through the same Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. 1 Cor. v. 7-8. 


Brernren :— Purge out the old leaven, 
that ye may be a new paste, as ye are unleavened. 
For our passover, Christ, is sacrificed. Therefore 
let us feast, not with old leaven, nor with the 
Ieaven of malice and wickedness, but with un- 
leavened bread of sincerity and truth. 


GosreEL. Mark xvi. 1-7. 


Ar that time: — Mary Magdalene, and Mary 


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spices, that they might come and anoint Jesus. 
And very early in the morning, the first day of 
the week, they came to the monument, the sun 
being now risen. And they said, one to another: 
Who shall roll us back the stone from the door 
of the monument? And looking, they saw the 
stone rolled back: for it was very great. And 
entering into the monument, they saw a young 
man sitting on the right side, clothed with a 
white robe, and they were affrighted. But he 
saith to them: Be not affrighted: ye seek Jesus 
-of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He is risen: 
He is not here: behold the place where they laid 
Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter that 
He goeth before you into Galilee: there ye will 
see Him, as He told you. 


LOW SUNDAY 


PRAYER 


Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, 
that we for whom the feast of the passover hath now 
come to an end, may, through Thy merciful bounty, 
always retain in our life and manners the influence 
of the same. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLeE. 1 Jobn v. 4-10. 
Q)earcy BELOVED: — All that is born of 


God, overcometh the world: and this is the vic- 
tory, which overcometh the world, our faith. 


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Who is it that overcometh the world: unless he 
that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 
This is He Who came by water and blood, Jesus 
the Christ, not in blood alone, but in water and 
blood. And it is the Spirit who testifieth that 
Christ is truth. For there are Three Who give 
testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and 
the Holy Spirit: and these Three are One. And 
there are three who give testimony on earth: 
the spirit, and water, and blood: and these three 
are one. If we receive the testimony of men, the 
testimony of God is greater: for this is the 
testimony of God, which is greater, because He 
hath testified of His Son. He who believeth in- 
the Son of God, hath the testimony of God in | 
himself. He who doth not believe the Son, mak- | 
eth Him a liar: because he believeth not in the’ 
testimony, which God hath given of His Son. 


GospPEL. Jobn xx. 19-31. 
Ar that time: — When it was late that same’ 


day, the first of the week, and the doors were 
shut, where the disciples were gathered together, 
through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood 
in the midst, and said to them: Peace be to you. 
And when He had said this, He showed them His 
hands and side. The disciples, therefore, were 
glad when they saw the Lord. He said, therefore, 
to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father 
hath sent Me, I also send you. When He had 
said this, He breathed on them, and said to them: 
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orgive, they are forgiven them: and whose 
sins ye shall retain, they are retained. Now 
Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, 
was not with them when Jesus came. The other 
disciples, therefore, said to him: We have seen 
the Lord. But he said to them: Unless I see 
in His hands the print of the nails, and put my 
finger into the place of the nails, and put my 
hand into His side, I will not believe. And after 
eight days, His disciples were again within; and 
Thomas was with them. Jesus cometh, the 
doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and 
said: Peace be to you. Then He saith to Thomas: 
Put thy finger in hither, and see My hands, and 
bring hither thy hand, and put it into My side; 
and be not incredulous, but believing. Thomas 
answered, and said to Him: My Lord, and my 
God. Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast 
seen Me, Thomas, thou believest: blessed are 
they who have not seen and yet believe. Many 
other signs also Jesus performed in the sight of 
His disciples, which are not written in this book. 
But these are written, that ye may believe that 
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and that 
believing, ye may have life in His name. 


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SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER 


PRAYER 


O GOD, Who in the bumility of Thy Son bast 
raised up a fallen world: grant to Thy faithful 


people perpetual gladness, and as Thou hast : 


delivered them from the perils of eternal death, 
make them to rejoice with everlasting joy. Through 
Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. 1 Peter il. 21-25. 


Qearty BELOVED: — Christ suffered for 


us, leaving to you an example, that ye should | 


follow in the steps of Him, who committed no 
sin, nor was guile found in His mouth: who when 


He was reviled, reviled not: when He suffered, | 


threatened not, but delivered Himself up to him 
who judged Him unjustly: who Himself bare 


our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, | 


being dead to sin, should live to justice: by whose 


stripes ye are healed. For ye were as sheep going | 


astray, but are now converted to the Shepherd 
and Bishop of your souls. 


GosprEL. Jobn x. 11-16. 


¢ [+ that time: — Jesus said to the Pharisees: 


| 





I am the good Shepherd. The good shepherd} 


giveth his life for his sheep. But the hireling, 
and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the 


sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and Jeaveth. 


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e sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf seizeth, and 
cattereth the sheep: And the hireling fleeth, 
vecause he is a hireling, and hath no care for the 

eep. I am the good Shepherd; and I know 
Aine, and Mine know Me. As the Father know- 
th Me, and I know the Father: and I lay down 
Vly life for My sheep. And other sheep I have, 
vhich are not of this fold: them also I must 
ring, and they shall hear My voice, and there 
hall be one Fold and one Shepherd. 





THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER 


PRAYER 





FLimicuty GOD, Who showest to those that 
we in error the light of Thy truth, that they may 
return into the way of justice, grant unto all those 
who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s 
religion, that they may avoid those things that are 
contrary to that name, and follow such things as 
are agreeable thereto. Through the same Christ 
our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. 1 Peter i. 11-109. 


Dearty BELOVED: —I beseech you as 
strangers and pilgrims to refrain yourselves from 
carnal desires, which war against the soul; having 
your conversation good among the Gentiles; 
that whereas they speak against you as evil- 
doers, they may, by the good works which they 





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shall behold in you, glorify God in the day o 
visitation. Be ye subject therefore to every 
human creature for God’s sake; whether it be to 
the king as excelling, or to governors as sent b 
him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the 
praise of the good; for so is the will of God that 
by doing well you may put to silence the igno- 
rance of foolish men: as free, and not as making 
liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of 
God. Honor all men; love the brotherhood; 
fear God; honor the king. Servants, be subject: 
to your masters with all fear, not only to the 
good and gentle, but also to the froward. For 
this is thanksworthy, in Christ Jesus our Lord. 


Last Gospet. Jobn xvi. 16-22. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
A little while, and ye will not see Me: and again’ 
a little while, and ye will see Me: because I go’ 
to the Father. Then some of His disciples said, 
one to another: What is this that He saith to us: 
A little while, and ye will not see Me; and again 
a little while, and ye will see Me, and, because I 
go to the Father? They said, therefore: What 
is this that He saith: a little while? We know 
not what He speaketh. And Jesus knew that 
they had a mind to ask Him; and He said to 
them: Of this do ye inquire among yourselves, 
because I said: A little while, and ye will not see 
Me: and again a little while, and ye will see Me. 
Truly, truly, I say to you, that ye shall lament 
and weep, but the world shall rejoice: and ye 








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hall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall 
e turned into joy. A woman, when she is in 
abor hath sorrow, because her hour is come: 
but when she hath brought forth the child, she 
emembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a 

an is born into the world. So also ye now indeed 
ave sorrow, but I will see you again; and your 
heart will rejoice; and your joy no Man shall take 
from you. 


FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER 


PRAYER 


@) GOD, Who makest the minds of the faithful 
to be of one will, grant unto Thy people to love what 
Thou commandest, and to desire what Thou dost 
promise; that amidst the various changes of the 
world our hearts may there be fixed where true joys 


abide. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. James t. 17-21. 


Qcary BELOVED: — Every excellent gift 
and every perfect gift is from above, coming 
down from the Father of lights, with Whom is no 
change, nor shadow of alteration. For of His 
own will He hath begotten us by the word of 
truth, that we may be some first fruits of His 
creatures. Ye know, my dearly beloved brethren. 
And jet every man be quick to hear, but slow to 
speak, and slow to anger. For the anger of man 


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worketh not the justice of God. Wherefore 
casting away all uncleanness, and abundance 
of malice, recerve with meekness the engrafted 
word, which can save your souls. 


GospEL. Jobn xvi. 5-14. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: — 
I go to Him Who sent Me, and none of you 
asketh Me: Whither art Thou going? But 
because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow 
hath filled your heart. But I tell you the truth: 
it Is expedient for you that I go: for if I go not, 
the Paraclete will not come to you: but if I go, 
I will send Him to you. And when He Is come, He 
will convict the world of sin, and of justice, and 
of judgment: of sin, because they believed not 
in Me; and of justice, because I go to the Father; 
and ye will see Me no longer: and of judgment, 
because the prince of this world is already judged. 
I have yet many things to say to you: but ye 
cannot bear them now. But when He, the Spirit 
of truth, shall come, He will teach you all the 
truth, for He will not speak of Himself; but 
whatever things He hath heard, He will speak, 
and the things which are to come, He will show 
you. He will glorify Me, because He will receive 
of Mine, and show to you. 


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FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER 






PRAYER 


QO LORD, from Whom all good things do pro- 
eed, grant to us, Thy bumble servants, that by 
Thy holy inspiration we may think those things 
that are good, and by Thy guidance may perform 
them. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. James i. 22-27. 


Deary BELOVED: — Be ye doers of the 
word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 
For if any man is a hearer of the word, and not 
a doer, he is like to a man beholding his natural 
countenance in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, 
and goeth away, and presently forgetteth what 
kind of a man he was. But he who looketh into 
the perfect Iaw of liberty, and continueth in it, 
not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of 
work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If 
any man think himself religious, not bridling 
his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man’s 
religion is vain. Religion pure and undefiled, 
with God and the Father ts this: to visit orphans 
and widows in their tribulation, and to keep 
one’s self unspotted from the world. 


GospEL. Jobn xvi. 23-30. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
Truly, truly, I say to you: If ye ask the Father 


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anything in My name, He will give it you. 
Hitherto ye have not asked anything in My 
name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your Joy 
may be full. These things I have spoken to you 
in proverbs. The hour cometh when I will no 
more speak to you in proverbs, but I will show 
you plainly of the Father. On that day, ye will 
ask in My name: and I say not to you, that I 
will ask the Father for you: for the Father Him- 
self loveth you, because ye have loved Me and 
have believed that I came forth from God. I 
came forth from the Father, and am come into 
the world: again I leave the world, and go to the 
Father. His disciples say to Him: Behold, now 
Thou speakest plainly, and speakest no proverb. 
Now we know that Thou knowest all things, 
and Thou needest not that any man should ask 
Thee: by this we believe that Thou comest forth 
from God. 





ASCENSION DAY 


PRAYER 


@arant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, tha 
as we believe Thine Only-begotten Son our Re 
deemer to have this day ascended into the heavens 
so we may also in heart and mind dwell amu 
beavenly things. Through the same Christ ou 
Lord. AMEN. 


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Lesson. Acts i. I-II. 


HE former treatise I indeed made, O The- 
ophilus, of all things which Jesus began to do and 
to teach, until the day on which He was taken up, 
after He had given commandments through the 
Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen. 
To whom, also, He showed Himself alive, after 
His Passion, by many proofs, for forty days 
appearing to them, and speaking of the kingdom 
of God. And eating with them, He commanded 
them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait 
for the promise of the Father, which ye have heard 
(He said) from My mouth. For John indeed 
baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized 
with the Holy Spirit not many days hence. They, 
therefore, who were come together, asked Him, 
saying: Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore the 
kingdom to Israel? But He said to them: It 
is not for you to know the times or moments 
which the Father hath set by His own power. 
But ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit 
shall come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses 
to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, 
and to the uttermost parts of the earth. And 
when He had said these things, whilst they 
looked on, He was raised up, and a cloud received 
Him out of their sight. And as they looked 
steadfastly on Him, as He went up to heaven, 
behold two men stood by them in white apparel, 
who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand ye 
looking up into heaven? This Jesus, Who hath 


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been taken up from you into heaven, shall so 
come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into 
heaven. 


GosreL. Mark xvi. 14-20. 


Ar that time: — Jesus appeared to the eleven 
as they were at table: and upbraided them with 
their unbelief, and hardness of heart, because 
they did not believe those who had seen Him 
after He was risen again. And He said to them: 
Go ye into the whole world, and preach the 
Gospel to every creature. He that believeth 
and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that 
believeth not, shall be condemned. And these 
signs shall follow those who believe. In My 
name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak 
with new tongues. They shall take up serpents: 
and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not 
hurt them: they shall Jay their hands upon the, 
sick, and they shall recover. And the Lord! 
Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up 
into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God | 
But they going forth, preached everywhere: the 
Lord working withal, and confirming the worc 
with the signs which followed. 





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SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE 
ASCENSION 


PRAYER 


§ ALMIGHTY, everlasting God, grant that we 
may always have a will devoted to Thee, and a 
sincere heart to serve Thy majesty. Through 
Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. 1 Pever iv. 7-11. 


Marty BELOVED: — Be ye prudent and 
watch in prayers. And above all things have 
constant, mutual love among yourselves: for 
love covereth a multitude of sins. Be hospitable 
one to another without murmuring: Every one, 
as he hath received grace, ministering the same 
one to another, as good stewards of the manifold 
grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as 
the oracles of God: if any man minister, let him 
do it as by the strength which God supplieth: 
that in all things God may be glor“ted through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 


GosPEL. Jobn xv. 26 — xvi. 4. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
When the Paraclete cometh, Whom I will send 
to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth Who 
proceedeth from the Father, He will give testi- 
mony of Me. And ye shall give testimony, 





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because ye are with Me from the beginning. 
These things have I spoken to you, that ye may 
not be scandalized. They will cast you out of 
the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that 
whoever killeth you will think that he offereth 
homage to God. And these things will they do 
to you, because they know not the Father nor 
Me. But these things I have told you, that 
when their time shall come, ye may remember that 
I told you. 


PENTECOST, OR WHITSUNDAY 


PRAYER 


O GOD, Who on this day didst teach the hearts 
of Thy faithful people, by the light of Thy Holy 
Spirit, grant us by the same Spirit to have a right 
judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice 
in His holy comfort. Through Christ our Lord. 
AMEN. 


Lesson. Acts il. I-II. 


(Dien the days of Pentecost were completed, 
the disciples were all together in one place. Anc 
suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a 
rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole 
house where they were sitting. And _ there 
appeared to them parted tongues as of fire, anc 
jt sat upon every one of them: And they wer« 
all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speal 





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with other tongues, as the Holy Spirit gave them 
to speak. Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, 
Jews, devout men, out of every nation under 
heaven. And when this voice was spread, the 
multitude came together, and were confounded 
in mind, because every man heard them speak 
in his own tongue. And they were all amazed, 
and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these 
who speak, Galileans? And how hear we every 
man our own tongue wherein we were born! 
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the 
inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappa- 
docia, Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphilia, 
Egypt, and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and 
strangers of Rome, Jews also, and proselytes, 
Cretans and Arabians; we hear them speak in 
our tongues the great works of God. 





GospEL. Jobn xiv. 23-31. 


Alr that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
[f any one love Me, he will keep My word, and 
My Father will love him, and We will come to 
am, and make our abode with him: he who 
oveth Me not, keepeth not My words. And the 
word which ye have heard, is not Mine, but the 
Father’s Who sent Me. These things have I 
spoken to you, abiding with you. But the 
Paracelete, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father 
will send in My name, He will teach you all 
things, and bring all things to your mind, what- 
ever I have said to you. Peace I leave you, My 
peace I give you: not as the world giveth do I 


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give you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor 
let it be afraid. Ye have heard that I said to 
you: I go away, and I come to you. If ye loved 
Me, ye would indeed be glad, because I go to the’ 
Father: for the Father is greater than I. And 
now I have told you before it come to pass, that 
when it shall come to pass, ye may believe. I 
will not now speak many things with you: for 
the prince of this world cometh, and in Me he 
hath nothing. But that the world may know that 
I love the Father, and as the Father hath given 
Me commandment, so do I. 


FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


QO GOD, the strength of them that hope in Thee, 
graciously hear our prayers, and, since buman 
frailty can do nothing without Thee, grant us the 
help of Thy grace, that in fulfilling Thy command- 
ments we may please Thee both in will and in deed. 


Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLeE. 1 Jobn iv. 8-21. 


De that Ioveth not, knoweth not God: foi 
God is charity. By this hath the charity of Goc 
appeared toward us, because God hath sen‘ 
His only-begotten Son into the world, that we 
may live by Him. In this is charity: not a: 
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first loved us, and sent His Son to be a propitia- 
tion for our sins. My dearest, if God hath so 
loved us; we also ought to love one another. 
No man hath seen God at any time. 


: GospEL. Luke vi. 36-42. 
Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples. 
Be therefore merciful, as your Father also is 
merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged. 
‘Condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. 
Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. Give, and it 
shall be given to you: good measure and pressed 
down, and shaken together and running over, 
shall they give into your bosom. For with the 
same measure with which ye measure, it shall be 
measured to you again. And He spake also a 
similitude to them: Can a blind man lead a 
blind man? do not both fall ito the pit? The 
scholar is not above his teacher; but every one 
will be perfect, if he be as his teacher.. And why 
seest thou the mote in thy brother’s eye, and 
considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 
or, how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, 
let me draw the mote out of thine eye, when thou 
thyself perceivest not the beam in thine own 
eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thine 
own eye: and then wilt thou see clearly to draw 
the mote out of thy brother’s eye. 


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TRINITY SUNDAY 
PRAYER 


€Licuty, everlasting God, Who hast 
granted to Thy servants, in the confession of the 
true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the Eternal 
Trinity, and, in the power of Thy majesty, to adore 
the Unity, we beseech Thee that, by steadfastness 
in the same faith, we may always be defended from 
all adversities. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


Eptstte. Rom. xi. 33-36. 
@) THE depth of the riches of the wisdom and 


knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are 


His judgments, and unsearchable His ways! 
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or 


who hath been His counsellor? Or who hath | 


first given to Him, and recompense shall be made 
him? For of Him, and by Him, and in Him, 
are all things: to Him be glory forever. Amen. 


GosreL. Matt. xxviii. 18-20. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth. 
Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations: baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe 
all things whatsoever I have commanded you: 
and behold I am with you all days, even unto the 
consummation of the world. 





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CORPUS CHRISTI 


PRAYER 


O GOD, Who under a wonderful Sacrament 
bast left us a memorial of Thy Passion, grant us, 
we beseech Thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries 
of Thy Body and Blood that we may ever feel 
within us the fruit of Thy Redemption. Who 
jlivest and reignest, forever and ever. AMEN. 






EpIsTLE. 1 Cor. xi. 23-20. 


Breturen: —I have received of the Lord 
that which also I delivered to you, that the 
Lord Jesus, on the night in which He was be- 
trayed, took bread, and giving thanks, brake iti 
and said: Take and eat: this is My Body, which 
shall be delivered for you: this do for the com- 
memoration of Me. In like manner also He took 
the cup, after the supper, saying: This cup is the 
new covenant in My Blood. ‘This do ye, as often 
as ye shall drink, for the commemoration of Me. 
For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink 
the cup, ye shall show the death of the Lord 
until He come. Therefore whoever shall eat 
this bread, or drink the cup of the Lord un- 
worthily, shall be guilty of the Body and of the 
Blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself: 
and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the 
cup. For he who eateth and drinketh unworthily, 
eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not 
discerning the Body of the Lord. 


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GospeEL. Jobn vi. 56-59. 


T that time: — Jesus said to the multitudes 
of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My 
Blood is drink indeed. He who eateth My Flesh, 
and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I 
m him. As the Father Who liveth sent Me, and 
I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, the 
same also shall live by Me. This is the Bread 


which came down from heaven. Not as your — 


fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who 
eateth this Bread, shall live forever. 


SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


AKE us, O Lord, to have a perpetual fear and 


love of Thy holy name; for Thou never failest to 
govern those whom Thou dost solidly establish in 
Thy love. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


Epistte. 1 Jobn ti. 13-18. 


Dearty BELOVED: — Wonder not if the 
world hate you. We know that we have passed 
from death to life, because we love the brethren. 
He who Ioveth not, abideth in death. Every one 
who hateth his brother, is a murderer. And ye 
know, that no murderer hath life everlasting 
abiding in himself. In this we know the love of 
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ought to Iay down our lives for the brethren. 
He who hath the substance of this world, and 
seeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his 
bowels against him, how doth the love of God 
abide in him? My little children, let us love, not 
in word, nor tongue, but in deed and truth. 







Gospet. Luke xiv. 16-24. 


Ar that time: — Jesus spoke to the Pharisees 
this parable: A certain man made a great supper, 
and invited many. And he sent his servant at 
supper time, to say to those who had been in- 
vited, that they should come, for now all things 
are ready. And they all began together to make 
excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a 
farm, and I must go out and see it: I pray thee, 
excuse me. And another said: I have bought 
five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them: 
I pray thee, excuse me. And another said: I 
have married a wife, and therefore, I cannot 
come. And the servant returning, told these 
things to his Jord. Then the master of the house 
being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly 
into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring 
in hither the poor and the maimed, and the blind 
and the lame. And the servant said: Sir, it is 
done as thou hast commanded: and yet there is 
room. And the lord said to the servant: Go 
into the highways and hedges; and compel them 
to come in, that my house may be filled. But I 
say to you, that none of these men who have been 
invited, shall taste of my supper. 





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THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


QY) GOD, the Protector of all that trust in Thee, 
without Whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, 
increase and multiply upon us Thy mercy; that, 
Thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass 
through temporal blessings that we finally lose not 
those which are eternal. Through Christ our 
Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLte. 1 Peter v. 6-11. 


Darcy BELOVED: — Humble yourselves 
under the powerful hand of God, that He may 
exalt you in the time of visitation, casting all 
your care on Him, since He is careful of you. Be 
sober and vigilant, for your adversary, the devil, | 
as a roaring lion, goeth about, seeking whom he) 
may devour; whom resist strong in faith, knowing 
that the same sufferings befall your brethren in 
the world. . But the God of all grace, Who hath 
called you to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, 
will perfect, confirm, and establish you, after ye 
have suffered awhile. To Him be glory and 
empire forever and ever. Amen. 


GosrEL. Luke xv. I-10. 


¢ [7 that time:— The publicans and_ the 
sinners drew near to Him, to hear Him. ‘Anc 
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This Man receiveth sinners, and eateth with 
them. And He spake to them this parable, say- 
ing: What man of you who hath a hundred 
sheep and loseth one of them, doth not leave the 
ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which 
was lost, until he find it? And when he hath 
found it, he layeth it upon his shoulders, rejoic- 
ing; and coming home, he calleth together his 
friends and neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice 
with me, because I have found my sheep which 
was lost? I say to you, that even so there will be 
joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, 
more than over ninety-nine just men who need 
not penance. Or what woman having ten pieces 
of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a 
lamp, and sweep the house and seek diligently, 
until she findeth it? And when she hath found 
it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, 
saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found 
the piece which I had Jost. So I say to you, there 
is joy before the angels of God over one sinner 
that repenteth. 


FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


Garant, O Lord, we beseech Thee, both that the 
course of this world may be peaceably ordered by 
Thy governance, and that Thy Church may joyfully. 
serve Thee in tranquil devotion. Through Christ 
our Lord. AMEN. ) 


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EpistLe. Rom. vit. 18-23. 


(BreTHREN: — I think that the sufferings of 
this present time are not worthy to be compared 
with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For 
the expectation of the creature waiteth for the 
revelation of the sons of God. For the creature 
was made subject to vanity not willingly, but by 
reason of him who made it subject in hope; be- 
cause the creature also itself shall be delivered 
from the bondage of corruption into the glorious 
liberty of the children of God. For we know 
that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth 
in pain until now. And not only it, but ourselves 
also having the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we 
ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the 
adoption of sons of God, the redemption of our 
body: in Christ Jesus our Lord. 


GospeL. Luke v. 1-11. 


Alr that time: — When the crowd pressed on 
Jesus to hear the word of God, He stood by the 
lake of Genesareth, and saw two barks standing 
by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of 
them, and were washing their nets. And going 
up into one of the barks, that was Simon’s, He 
desired him to put off a little from the land. And 
sitting down, He taught the crowds out of the 
bark. Now when He had ceased to speak, He 
said to Simon: Put off into the deep, and let 
down your nets for a draught. And Simon 
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Il the night, and taken nothing; but at Thy 
ord I will let down the net. And when they had 
done this, they enclosed a great multitude of 
ishes, and their net was breaking. And they 
reckoned to their partners who were in the other 
dark, that they should come and help them. And 
shey came, and filled both the barks, so that they 
were almost sinking. When Simon Peter saw this, 
1e fell own at the knees of Jesus, saying: Depart 
‘rom me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord! For 
imazement had seized him, and all who were 
with him, at the draught of the fishes which 
chey had taken; and so likewise James and 
John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of 
Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: Fear not; 
rom henceforth thou wilt catch men. And when 
shey had brought their barks to shore, they left 
ull things and followed Him. 


FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


() GOD, Who bast prepared for those who love 
[bee good things beyond the vision of man, pour 
nto our hearts such love toward Thee that we, loving 
[bee in all things and above all things, may obtain 
Thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire. 


Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 





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EpistLe. 1 Peter ii. 8-15. 


Qrearty BELOVED:— Be ye all of one 
mind in prayer, sympathizing, loving the brother- 
hood, merciful, modest, humble: not rendering 
evil for evil, nor insult for msult; but, on the 
contrary, blessing, for to this ye are called, that 
ye may inherit a blessing. For let him who will 
love life and see good days, refrain his tongue 
from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 
Let him turn away from evil, and do good: let 
him seek peace and pursue it, for the eyes of the 
Lord are on the just, and His ears are open tc 
their prayers: but the countenance of the Lorc 
is on those who do evil. And who is there, whe 
can hurt you, if ye be zealous for good? But i 
also ye suffer something for justice, blessed ari| 
ye. And fear not their terror, and be not troubled) 
But sanctify Christ the Lord in your hearts. 











GospEL. Matt. v. 20-24. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples} 
Unless your justice abound more than that ¢} 
the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter int} 
the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that 1 
was said to those of old: Thou shalt not kil} 
and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of th. 
judgment. But I say to you, that whoever | 
angry with his brother, shall be in danger of th 
judgment. And whoever shall say to his brothe, 
Raca, shall be in danger of the council. An: 
whoever shall say, thou fool, shall be in dange 


GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 675 


of hell-fire. If therefore thou bring thy gift to 
the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother 
‘hath anything against thee, leave there thy 
lzift before the altar, and go first and be reconciled 
co thy brother: and then come and offer thy 
rift. 


SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


C) GOD of all power and might, to Whom be- 
te everything that is best, implant in our 
earts the love of Thy name, and increase within 
us true religion: that Thou mayest nourish in us 
bose things that are good, and by the zeal of‘ our 
levotion mavest preserve what Thou hast nourished. 


(brough Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Rom. vi. 3-11. 


@Breruren: — al ye who are baptized in 
Christ Jesus, are baptized in His death. For we 
re buried together with Him by baptism into 
leath: that as Christ is risen from the dead by 
‘he glory of the Father, so we also may walk in 
newness of life. For, if we have been planted 
together in the likeness of His death, we shall be 
uso of His resurrection. Knowing this, that our 
oid man is crucified with Him, that the body of 
am may be destroyed, and that we may serve 
sin no longer. For he who is dead is justified 













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from sin. But if we be dead with Christ, we 
believe that we shall live also together with 
Christ: knowing that Christ rising again from 
the dead dieth now no more, death shall no more 


have dominion over Him. For that He died for © 


sin, he died once; but that He liveth, He liveth 
to God. So ye also reckon yourselves dead indeed 
to sin, but alive to God, in Christ Jesus our Lord. 


GospeL. Mark viii. 1-0. 


Ar that time:— When there was a great 
crowd with Jesus, and they had nothing to eat, 
He called His disciples together, and said to them: 
I have compassion on the crowd, for behold they 
have now been with Me three days, and have 
nothing to eat. And if I send them away fasting 
to their home, they will faint on the way, for 
some of them have come from afar. And His 


disciples answered Him: Whence can any one | 


satisfy them with bread here in the wilderness? 
And He asked them: How many loaves have ye? 
They said, seven. And He commanded the 
crowd to lie on the ground. And He took the 
seven loaves, and gave thanks and brake them, 
and gave to His disciples to set before them, and 
they set them before the crowd. And they had 
a few small fishes: and He blessed them, and 
commanded them to be set before them. And 
they ate and were satisfied, and they took up the 
broken pieces which remained, seven baskets 
full. And they who ate were about four thou- 
sand: and He sent them away. 








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SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 
PRAYER 


QC GOD, the ordering of Whose providence never 
erreth, we humbly beseech Thee to put away from us 
all hurtful things, and to give us all those things which 
are profitable for us. Through Christ our Lord. 
AMEN. 

EpistLte. Rom. vi. 19-23. 


PBreturen: —1 speak a human thing, be- 
cause of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye 
have yielded your members to serve uncleanness 
and iniquity unto iniquity, so now yield your 
members to serve justice unto sanctification. 
For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free 
from justice. What fruit, therefore, had ye then 
in those things of which ye are now ashamed? 
For the end of them is death. But now being 
made free from sin, and having become servants 
of God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, 
but the end everlasting life. For the wages of 
sin is death. But the grace of God is life ever- 
lasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord. 


Gospet. Matt. vii. 15-21. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in 
the clothing of sheep, but inwardly are ravenous 
wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them 
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 


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Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, 
and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good 
tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an 
evil tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that 
bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, 
and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits 
ye shall know them. Not every one who saith 
to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter mto the kingdom 
of heaven: but he who doeth the will of My 
Father, Who is in heaven, he shall enter the king- 
dom of heaven. 


EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 
PRAYER 


(erciFutty grant to us, O Lord, we be- 
seech Thee, the spirit to think and do always such 
things as are right, that we, who cannot exist with- 
out Thee; may by Thee be enabled to live according 
to Thy will. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Rom. vill. 12-17. 


CnEREFORE, brethren, we are debtors not 
to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye 
live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if by the’ 
spirit ye mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall 
live. For whoever are led by the Spirit of God, 
they are sons of God. For ye have not received 
a spirit of bondage again in fear, but ye have 
received a spirit of adoption ‘of sons, in which we 


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beareth testimony to our spirit, that we are 
children of God. And if children; heirs also: 
heirs indeed of God, and joint heirs with Christ. 


GosrEL. Luke xvi. 1-9. 


Ar that time: — Jesus spoke to His disciples 
this parable: There was a certain rich man who 
had a steward, and he was accused to him of 
wasting his goods. And he called him, and said 
to him: What is this that I hear of thee? Give 
an account of thy stewardship: for thou canst 
be steward no longer. And the steward said 
within himself: What shall I do, since my lord 
taketh away the stewardship from me? To dig 
I am not able: to beg I am ashamed. I know 
what I will do, that when I am removed from 
the stewardship, they may receive me into their 
houses. Therefore, calling together every one of 
the debtors of his lord, he said to the first: How 
much owest thou to my lord? He said: A hun- 
dred measures of oil. And he said to him: Take 
thy note, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 
Then he said to another: And how much owest 
thou? He said: A hundred measures of wheat. 
He said to him: Take thy bill, and write eighty. 
And the lord praised the unjust steward, because 
he had done prudently: for the children of this 
world are wiser for their generation than the 
children of light. And I say to you: Make to 
yourselves friends of the mammon of iniquity, 
that when ye shall fail, they may receive ae 
into the everlasting mansions. 


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NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 
PRAYER 


Ver Thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the 
prayers of Thy suppliant people: and that Thou 
mayest grant them their desires, make them to ask 
such things as please Thee. Through Christ our 
Lord. AMEN. 


EpisTLe. 1 Cor. x. 6-13. 


revrnren: — We may not be covetous of 
evil things, as even they coveted. Neither be- 
come ye idolaters, as some of them, as it is 
written: The people sat down to eat and drink, 
and they rose up to play. Neither let us fornicate, 
as some of them fornicated, and twenty-three 
thousand fell in one day. Neither let us tempt 
Christ, as some of them tempted, and were 
destroyed by the serpents. Neither murmur, as 
some of them murmured, and perished by the 
destroyer. Now all these things happened to 
them in figure: and they are written for a warn- 
ing to us, on whom the ends of the world have 
come. Therefore Jet him who thinketh that he 
standeth, take heed lest he fall. Let no tempta- 
tion take hold on you, but such as is human: 
and God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to 
be tempted above what ye are able: but will even 
make with temptation an issue, that ye may be 
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GospEL. Luke xix. 41-47. 
Ar that time:— When Jesus drew near to 


Jerusalem, seeing the city, He wept over it, say- 
ing: If thou also hadst known, and that in this 
thy day, the things which are for thy peace: but 
now they are hidden from thine eyes. For the 
days will come upon thee, and thine enemies will 
cast a trench round about thee, and compass 
thee round, and straiten thee on every side: and 
beat thee to the ground, and thy children who 
are in thee: and they will not leave in thee one 
stone upon another: because thou hast not 
known the time of thy visitation. And entering 
into the temple, He began to cast out those who 
sold therein, and those who bought, saying to 
them: It is written: My house is a house of 
prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers. 
And He was teaching daily in the temple. 


TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


| ‘@) GOD, Who dost manifest Thine almighty 
power chiefly in showing pardon and pity, increase 
and multiply upon us Thy mercy; that we, running 
the way toward the attainment of Thy promises, 
may be made partakers of Thy heavenly treasures 
Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


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EpistLe. 1 Cor. xii. 2-11. 


revHREN: — Ye know, that when ye were 
heathens, ye went to dumb idols, according as 
ye were led. Wherefore I make known to you, 
that no man speaking in the Spirit of God, saith 
anathema to Jesus. And no man can say, Lord 
Jesus, but in the Holy Spirit. Now there are 
diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And 
there are diversities of ministrations, but the 
same Lord. And there are diversities of opera- 
tions, but the same God, Who worketh all in all. 
And the manifestation of the Spirit is given to 
every man unto profit. To one indeed by the 


Spirit is given the word of wisdom: and to 
another the word of knowledge, according to 


the same Spirit: to another faith in the same 


Spirit: to another the grace of cures m the one | 


Spirit: to another the working of miracles, to 
another prophecy, to another the discerning of 
spirits, to another kinds of tongues, to another 
interpretation of speeches. But all these things 


the one and the same Spirit worketh, dividing to | 


every one as He willeth. 


GospeL. Luke xviii. 9-14 


Ar that time: —To some who trusted in 
themselves as just, and despised others, Jesus 
spoke this parable: Two men went up into. the 
Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the 


other a publican. The Pharisee standing prayec 
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am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, 
adulterers, as even this publican. I fast twice 
in the week; I give tithes of all I possess. And 
_ the publican, standing afar off, would not so much 
as lift his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, 
saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. [ 
say to you, this man went down to his house 
justified rather than the other: for every one who 
exalteth himself will be humbled, and he who 
humbleth himself will be exalted. 


ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 





PRAYER 


@iauicury, everlasting God, Who, in the 
abundance of Thy loving kindness, dost exceed 
both the merits and the desires of those who pray 
unto Thee, pour down upon us Thy mercy: for- 
gwing us those things of which our conscience is 
afraid, and granting us those good things which 
our prayer does not presume to ask. Through 
Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. 1 Cor. xv. I-10. 


PBreruren :——-I make known to you the 
gospel which I preached to you, which also ye 
have received, wherein also ye stand, by which 
also ye are saved: after what manner I preached 
to you, if ye hold it fast, unless ye have believed 
m vain. For I delivered to you first of all, that 
which I also received, that Christ died for our 
sins, according to the Scriptures: and that He 


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was buried, and that He arose again on the third 
day, according to the Scriptures: and that He 
was seen by Cephas, and after that by the eleven; 
then was He seen by more than five hundred 
brethren at once, of whom many remain until 
this present, but some are fallen asleep: after- 
wards He was seen by James, then by all the 
apostles: and last of all, as by one born out of 
time, He was seen by me also. For I am the least 
of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called 
an apostle, ,because I persecuted the Church of 
God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, 
and His grace unto me hath not veen void. 


GosrpEL. Mark vii. 31-37. 


Ar that time: — Jesus, going out of the bor- 
ders of Tyre, came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, 
through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. 
And they brought to Him one deaf and dumb; and | 
besought Him to put His hand upon him. And 
taking him from the multitude apart, He put His 
fingers into his ears, and He spat and touched his 
tongue; and looking up to heaven, He groaned, 
and said to him: Ephpheta; which is, Be opened. 
And immediately his ears were opened, and the 
string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake 
rightly. And He charged them that they should 
tell no one. But the more He charged them, so 
much the more a great deal did they publish it: 
And so much the more did they wonder, saying. 
He hath done all things well: He maketh both 
the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak. 





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TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


Al ucury and merciful God, of Whose gift 
it cometh that Thy faithful people do Thee worthy 
and laudable service, grant, we beseech Thee, that 
we run without stumbling to the attainment of Thy 
promises. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpIsTLE. 2 Cor. iii. 4-0. 


BretHrEN: — Such confidence we have 
through Christ to God: not that we are sufficient 
to think anything of ourselves, as of ourselves, 
but our sufficiency is from God: Who also hath 
made us fit ministers of the new covenant: not 
in the letter, but in the Spirit: for the letter 
killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. But if the 
ministrations of death formed with letters on 
stones was glorious, so that the children of 
[Israel could not behold the face of Moses, for 
the glory of his countenance which is made void: 
how shall not the ministration of the spirit be 
more glorious? For if the ministry of condemna- 
tion is glory, much more the ministry of justice 
aboundeth in glory. 


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GospEL. Luke x. 23-37. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
Happy are the eyes that see the things which ye 
see. For I say to you, that many prophets and 
kings desired to see the things which ye see, and 
saw them not; and to hear the things which ye 
hear, and heard them not. And behold, a certain 
lawyer stood up, trying Him, and _ saying: 
Teacher, what must I do to possess eternal life? 
But He said to him: What is written in the law? 
How readest thou? He answering, said: Thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, 
and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thy- 
self. And He said to him: Thou hast answered 
rightly; this do, and thou shalt live. But he, 
willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: and 
who is my neighbor? And Jesus resumed and 
said: A certain man was going down from Jeru- 
salem to Jericho, and fell in with robbers, who 
even stripped him and wounded him, and went 
away, leaving him half dead. And by chance a 
certain priest went down by the same road: and 
seeing him, passed by. In like manner also a 
Levite, when he was near the place, and saw him, 
passed by. But a certain Samaritan, traveling, | 
came near him; and seeing him, was moved with 
compassion. And going up to him, he bound up 
his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him 
on his own beast, brought him to an inn, and 
took care of him. And the next day he took out 
two coins and gave to the innkeeper, and said: 


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Take care of him, and whatever thou shalt lay 
out over and above, I will repay thee at my 
return. Which of these three appeareth to thee 
to have been a neighbor to him who fell among 
the robbers? And he said: He who showed 
mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and 
do thou in like manner. 


THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


Eli micuty and everlasting God, give unto us 
an increase of faith, bope, and charity: and, that 
we may wortbily obtain that which Thou dost prom- 
ise, make us to love that which Thou dost command. 


Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Gal. ti. 16-22. 


(BRETHREN: — The promises were made to 
Abraham and his Seed. He doth not say: and 
seeds, as if of many; but as of one: and thy 
Seed, which is Christ. And this I say, the 
covenant confirmed by God, the law which was 
made after four hundred and thirty years, doth 
not annul, so as to make void the promise. For if 
the inheritance be by the law, it is no more by 
promise. But God gave to Abraham by promise. 
What then was the law? It was put because of 
transgressions, until the Seed should come, to 
whom He had promised, it being ordained by 


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angels, in the hand of a mediator. Nowa media- 
tor is not of one: but God is one. Is the law 
then against the promises of God? God forbid. 
For if a law had been given. which could give 
life, truly justice would have been by the law. 
But the Scripture hath shut up all things under 
sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ 
might be given to those who believe. 


GospeL. Luke xvii. 11-19. 


Ar that time: —As Jesus was going to 
Jerusalem, He passed through the midst of 
Samaria and Galilee. And as He entered into 
a certain town, there met Him ten lepers, whe 
stood afar off and lifted up their voices, saying: 
Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when He 
saw them, He said: Go, show yourselves to the’ 
priests. And it came to pass that, as they went, 
they were cleansed. But one of them, when he 
saw that he was cleansed, went back, and with 
a loud voice glorified God. And he fell on his 
face at His feet, giving thanks. And this was a 
Samaritan. And Jesus answering said: Were 
not the ten cleansed? And where are the nine? 
There is no one found to return, and give glory 
to God, but this stranger. And He said to him: 
Arise, and depart, for thy faith hath healed thee. 





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FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


Rerp, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy Church 
with Thy perpetual favor: and, because the frailty 
of man without Thee cannot but fall, keep it ever 
by Thy help from all things hurtful, and lead it to 
ll things profitable to salvation. Through Christ 
our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Gal. v. 16-24. 


Breruren: — walk in the Spirit, and ye 
will not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh 
lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against 
the flesh: for these are contrary one to another, 
so that ye do not whatever things ye will. But 
if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the 
law. And the works of the flesh are manifest, 
which are fornication, uncleanness, lascivious- 
ness, luxury, idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, con- 
tentions, rivalries, wrath, quarrels, disputes, 
sects, envying, murders, drunkenness, revellings, 
and the like: of which I foretell you, as I have 
before said: that they who do such things shall 
not obtain the kingdom of God. But the fruit 
of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, 
mildness, goodness, long-suffering, meekness, 
faith, modesty, continence, chastity. Against 
such there isno law. But they who are of Christ, 
have crucified their flesh with its vices and lusts. 





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GospeL. Matt. vi. 24-33. 


Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciple 
No man can serve two masters: for either he wi 
hate one, and love the other, or he will cling t 
one, and slight the other. Ye cannot serve Go 
and mammon. Therefore I say to you, be no 
anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, nor fo 
your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life 
more than the food? and the body more than the 
raiment? Behold the birds of the air, for they 
neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns: 
yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are 
not ye of much more value than they? And) 
which of you, by anxious thought, can add to) 
his stature one cubit? And for raiment why are 
ye anxious? Consider the lilies of the field how) 
they grow: they labor not, neither do they spin. | 
Yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all) 
his glory was arrayed as one of these. Wherefore 
if God so clothe the grass of the field, which is: 
to-day, and to-morrow Is cast into the oven:} 
how much more you, O ye of little faith? Be not} 
anxious, therefore, saying: What shall we eat,| 
or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be] 
clothed? For after all these things the heathen} 
seek. For your Father knoweth that ye have} 
need of all these things. Seek ye, therefore, first} 
the kingdom of God, and His justice, and all} 
these things shall be added unto you. 








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FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


O LORD, let Thy continual pity cleanse and 
defend Thy Church, and, because it cannot continue 
in safety without Thee, govern it evermore by Thy 
help. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


EpistLe. Gal. v. 25 — vi. 10. 


Bremen: — If we live by the Sprrit, let 
us walk also by the Spirit. Let us not be vain- 
glorious, provoking one another, envying one 
another. Brethren, even if a man be overtaken 
in any fault, ye who are spiritual correct him in 
a spirit of gentleness, considering thyself, lest 
thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another’s 
burdens, and so ye will fulfil the law of Christ. 
For if any man think himself to be something, 
whereas he is nothing, he decetveth himself. But 
let every man prove his own work, and so he will 
have glory in himself only, and not m another. 
For every one shall bear his own burden. And 
let him who is instructed in the word communi- 
cate to him who instructeth him, in all good 
things. Be not deceived: God is not mocked. 
For what a man soweth, that shall he reap also. 
For he who soweth for his flesh, of the flesh shall 
also reap corruption; but he who soweth for the 
Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap everlasting life. 
And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due 


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time we shall reap if we faint not. Therefore 
whilst we have time, Iet us do good to all, but 
especially to those of the household of the faith. 


GospeL. Luke vii. 11-16. 


Ar that time: — Jesus was going into a city 
called Naim: and there went with Him His 
disciples, and a great crowd. And when He 
came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, a deac 
man was carried out, an only son of his mother: 
and she was a widow: and a great crowd of the 
city was with her. And the Lord seeing her, was 
moved with pity towards her, and said to her: 
Weep not. And He came near, and touched the 
bier. (And they that carried it stood still.) Anc| 
He said: Young man, I say to thee, arise. Anc 
he that was dead, sat up, and began to speak 
And He gave him to his mother. And fea: 
seized all: and they glorified God, saying: + 
great Prophet Is risen up among us: and Goc 
hath visited His people. 





SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


Xd LORD, we pray Thee that Thy grace ma: 
always precede and follow us, and make us con 
tinually to be given to all good works. Throug. 
Christ our Lord. AMEN. ) 


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Epistte. Epbes. iti. 13-21. 


Breruren: —TI desire that ye faint not in 
my tribulations for you: which is your glory. 
For this cause I bend my knees to the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, from Whom every pater- 
nity in heaven and on earth is named, that He 
would grant you according to the riches of His 
glory, to be strengthened with power by His 
Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell 
by faith in your hearts: ye being rooted and 
founded in charity, that ye may be able to com- 
prehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, 
and length, and height, and depth: to know also 
the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, 
that ye may be filled to the whole fulness of God. 
Now to Him who is able to do all things more 
abundantly than we ask, or understand, according 
to the power which worketh in us, to Him be 
glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus for all 
generations, world without end. Amen. 





GospEL. Luke xiv. 1-11. 


Ar that time: —— When Jesus went mto the 
house of one of the chief of the Pharisees on the 
Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him. 
And behold, a certain man who had the dropsy 
was before Him. And Jesus answering, spake 
to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful 
to heal on the Sabbath day? But they were 
silent. And taking hold of him, He healed him, 


and sent him away. And He answered them and 


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said: If the ass or ox of any of you fall ito a pit, 
will he not immediately draw him out on the 
Sabbath day? And they could not answer Him, 
in regard to these things. And He spake a 
parable also to those who were invited, marking 
how they chose the first places at table, saying 
to them: When thou art invited to a wedding, 
sit not down in the first place, lest one more 
honorable than thou be invited by him: and he 
who invited thee and him, come and say to thee: 
Give place to this man: and then thou begin 
with shame to take the lowest place. But when 
thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place, 
that when he who invited thee cometh, he may 
say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt 
thou have glory before those who sit at table 
with thee. For every one who exalteth himself 
will be humbled; and he who humbleth himself 
will be exalted. 


SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


Grant to Thy people, we beseech Thee, O 
Lord, to avoid the defilements of the devil: and with 
a pure mind to follow Thee, the only God. Througk 
Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Epbes. iv. 1-6. | 


BretHREN: — I, the prisoner m the Lord, 
beseech you to walk worthy of the vocatior 





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wherewith ye are called, with all humility, and 
meekness, with patience, bearing with one 
another in charity, careful to keep the unity of 
the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and 
one Spirit, as ye are called in one hope of your 
calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. 
One God and Father of all, Who is above all, 
and through all, and in us all: Who is blessed 
forever and ever. AMEN. 


GospEL. Matt. xxii. 35-46. 


Ar that time: — The Pharisees came to Jesus. 
And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him, tempting 
Him: Teacher, which is the great commandment 
in the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with 
thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This 
is the greatest and first commandment. And the 
second Is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor 
as thyself. On these two commandments hangeth 
the whole Iaw and the prophets. And the 
Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked 
them, saying: What think ye concerning the 
Christ: Whose Son is he? They say to Him: 
Of David. He saith to them: How then doth 
David by the Spirit call Him Lord; saying: The 
Lord said to my Lord: Sit on My right hand, 
until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool? If 
then David calleth Him Lord, how is He his son? 
And no man was able to answer Him a word: 
neither durst any one from that day forth ques- 
tion Him any more. 


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EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 
PRAYER 


@yrrecr our hearts, we beseech Thee, O Lord, 
by the working of Thy mercy; because without Thee 
we are not able to please Thee. Through Christ 
our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. 1 Cor. 1. 4-8. 


(BreTHREN:—I give thanks to my God 
always for you, for the grace of God which is 
given you, in Christ Jesus: that in everything 
ye are made rich in Him, im all utterance, and in 
all knowledge: as the testimony of Christ was 
confirmed in you: so that ye come behind m no 
gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who also will confirm you to the end 
blameless, in the day of the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 


GospEL. Matt. ix. 1-8. 


Ar that time: — Jesus entered mto a boat, 
and passed over the water, and came into His 
own city. And behold they brought to Him a 
paralytic lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their 
faith, said to the paralytic: Be of good heart, 
son, thy sins are forgiven thee. And behold 


some of the Scribes said within themselves: | 
This one blasphemeth. And Jesus seeing their | 
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Which is easier, to say: Thy sins are forgiven 
thee, or to say: Rise and walk? But that ye 
may know that the Son of man hath power on 
earth to forgive sins, then saith He to the paraly- 
tic: Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. 
And he rose, and went into his house. And 
when the crowd saw it, they feared, and glorified 
God, Who gave such power to men. 


NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


| PRAYER 


C) ALMIGHTY and merciful God, graciously 
keep us from all things that may burt us: that we, 
being freed both in mind and body, may with ready 
bearts accomplish those things which Thou com- 
mandest. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


Epistte. Ephbes. iv. 23-28. 


(Breruren: — Be ye renewed in the spirit 
of your mind, and put ye on the new man, who 
Is created according to God in justice and holiness 
of truth. Wherefore laying aside lying, speak 
ye truth every one with his neighbor, since we 
are members one of another. Be ye angry, and 
sin not: let not the sun go down on your anger. 
Give not place to the devil. Let him who stole, 
steal no more: but rather let him labor, working 
with his hands what is good, that he may have 
wherewith to give to him who suffereth want. 


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GosreL. Matt. xxii. I-14. 


Ar that time: — Jesus spake to the chief 
priests and the Pharisees in parables, saying: 
The kingdom of heaven is like to a king, who 
made a marriage feast for his son. And sent his 
servants to call those who were invited to the 
wedding: and they would not come. Again he 
sent other servants, saying: Tell those who were 
invited: Behold I have prepared my dinner: 
my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things 
are ready: come ye to the wedding. But they 
gave no heed, and went away, one to his farm 
and another to his merchandise: And the rest 
laid hands on his servants, and treated them 
shamefully, or slew them. But when the king 
heard of it, he was angry, and sent forth hi: 
armies, and destroyed those murderers, anc 
burnt their city. Then he saith to his servants 
The wedding indeed ts ready: but they who wer: 
invited were not worthy. Go ye therefore int 
the highways, and as many as ye shall find, cal 
to the marriage. And his servants went fortl 
into the ways, and gathered together all whon 
they found, both bad and good: and the weddin 
was filled with guests. And the king went in t 
see the guests, and he saw there a man who ha: 
not on a wedding garment. And he saith t 
him: Friend, how camest thou in hither, nc 
having on a wedding garment? But he wa 
silent. Then the king said to the waiters: Bim 
him hand and foot, and cast him into the oute, 
darkness, there shall be wailing and gnashin 
of teeth. For many are called, but few choser 








GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 699 


TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 










GJRanr, in Thy mercy, we beseech Thee, O 
lord, to Thy faithful people pardon and peace, 
‘bat they may be cleansed from all their offences, 
ind serve Thee with a quiet mind. Through Christ 
pur Lord. AMEN. 


Epistte. Epbes. v. 15-21. 


PBreruren: — See how ye walk cautiously: 
not as foolish, but as wise, redeeming the time, 
secause the days are evil. Therefore be not 
unwise, but understanding what is the will of 
God. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is 
UXUTY; but be filled with the Holy Spirit, speak- 
ng to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and 
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in 
your hearts to the Lord, giving ties always 
‘or all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, to God and the Father. Subject to one 
inother in the fear of Christ. 


GospEL. Jobn iv. 46-53. 


Alr that time: — There was a certain ruler, 
whose son was sick at Capharnaum. When he 
neard that Jesus was come from Judea into 
Galilee, he went to Him, and prayed Him to 
some down and heal his son: for he was at the 
point of death. Jesus therefore said to him: 


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Unless ye see signs and wonders, ye believe not. 
The ruler saith to Him: Lord, come down before 
my son die. Jesus saith to him: Go, thy son 
liveth. The man believed the word which Jesus 
said to him, and went away. And as he was) 
going down, his servants met him: and brought | 
word, saying that his son lived. He asked of 
them therefore the hour wherein he grew better. 
And they said to him: Yesterday at the seventh 
hour the fever left him. The father therefore 
knew that it was at the same hour that Jesus 
said to him: Thy son liveth: and he believed, 
himself and his whole house. 


TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


JReep, O Lord, we beseech Thee, Thy family’ 
by Thy continued goodness, that, through Thy 
protection, it may be free from all adversities, and 


devoted in good works to the glory of Thy name. 
Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. | 


EpistLe. LEpbes. vi. 10-17. 


Breruren: — Be strengthened in the Lord, 
and in the power of His might. Put ye on the 
armor of God, that ye may stand against the 
wiles of the devil: For our wrestling is not 
against flesh and blood, but against the princes 
and the powers, against the world rulers of this 





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darkness, against the spirits of wickedness, in 
the high places. Wherefore take ye the armor 
of God, that ye may be able to resist in the evil 
day, and to stand perfect in all things. Stand, 
therefore, having your loins girt in truth, and 
having on the breastplate of justice, and your 
feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of 
peace. In all things taking the shield of faith, 
wherewith ye may be able to extinguish all the 
fiery darts of the wicked one, and take the helmet 
of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which 
is the word of God. 


Gospet. Matt. xviii. 23-35. 


¢ [+ that time: — Jesus spake to His disciples 


this parable: The kingdom of heaven is likened 
_to a king, who wished to settle accounts with his 


servants. And when he had begun to take the 
account, one was brought to him who owed him 
ten thousand talents. And as he had not where- 
with to pay, his lord commanded that he should 
be sold, and his wife and children, and all that 
he had, and that payment should be made. But 
that servant, falling down, besought him, saying: 
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 
And the lord of that servant being moved with 
pity, let him go, and forgave him the debt. But 
when that servant was gone out, he found one 
of his fellow-servants who owed him a hundred 
denaria: and he laid hold of him, and seized 
him by the throat, saying: Pay what thou owest. 
And his fellow-servant falling down, besought 


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him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will 
pay thee all. And he would not: but went and 
cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 
Now when his fellow-servants saw what had 
happened, they were very much grieved, and 
came and told their lord all that had happened. 
Then his lord called him, and said to him: Thou 
wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, be- 
cause thou besoughtest me. Shouldst not thou 
then have had compassion also on thy fellow- 
servant, even as I had compassion on thee? And 
his lord being angry, delivered him to the tor- 
turers until he paid all the debt. So also will 
My heavenly Father do to you, if ye do not for- 
give from your hearts every one his brother. 


TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


@) GOD, our refuge and strength, Who art the 
Author of all goodness, bear, we beseech Thee, the 
devout prayers of Thy Church: and grant that 
what we faithfully ask we may effectually obtain. 
Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Philipp. i. 6-11. 


Breruren:— We are confident in the 
Lord Jesus, that He Who hath begun in you a 
good work, will complete it until the day of 
Christ Jesus: as it is meet for me to think this 















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for all of you: because I have you in my heart, 
both in my bonds, and in the defence and con- 
firmation of the gospel, ye all being partakers of 
my joy: For God is my witness, how I long after 
you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this 
I pray, that your charity may more and more 
abound in knowledge, and in all understanding; 
that ye may approve the better things, that ye 

ay be sincere, and without offence, until the 
day of Christ, filled with the fruit of justice 


through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of 
God. 


GospeL. Matt. xxii. 15-21. 


Ar that time: — The Pharisees went and con- 
sulted among themselves how to ensnare Him 
in speech. And they sent to Him their disciples 
with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know 
that Thou art true, and teachest the way of God 
in truth; neither carest Thou for any one, for 
Thou dost not regard the person of men. Tell 
us, therefore, what thinkest Thou? Is it lawful 
to pay tribute to Cesar, or not? But Jesus 
knowing their wickedness, said: Why tempt 
Me, ye hypocrites? Show Me the tribute money. 
And they offered Him a coin. And Jesus saith 
(0 them: Whose js this image, and the inscrip- 
‘ion? They say to Him: Cesar’s. Then saith 
de to them: Render therefore to Cxsar the things 


which are Cexsar’s, and to God the things which 
are God’s. 





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TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


LORD, we beseech Thee, absolve Thy people — 
from their offences; that through Thy bountiful © 
goodness we may be delivered from the bonds of 
those sins which by our frailty we bave taken upon 
ourselves. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistteE. Philipp. til. 17 — Iv. 3- 
BreTHREN: — Be ye followers of me, and 


observe those who walk so, as ye have our model. 
Forsmany walk, of whom I often told you (but 
now I.speak even weeping), the enemies of the 
cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose 
god is the belly, and glory is in their shame, . 
who mind earthly things. But our citizenship 
is in heaven; whence also we look for a Saviour, 
the Lord Jesus Christ, who will reform our vile 
body conformably to His glorious body, accord- 
ing to the working whereby He is able to subject 
all things to Himself. Therefore, my brethren, 
beloved and longed for, my joy and crown: stand 
thus in the Lord, beloved. I beseech Evodia, and 
I beseech Syntyche, to be of one mind in the 
Lord. I also ask: thee likewise, sincere com- 
panion, help these women, who have labored 
with me in’ the Gospel together with Clement 
and mine other fellow-laborers, whose names aré 


in the book of life. 








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GospPeL. Matt. tx. 18-26. 


Ar that time: — As Jesus was speaking to the 
multitudes, behold a certain ruler came up, and 
worshipped Him, saying: Lord, my daughter 
hath just now died; but come, lay Thy hand on 
her, and she will live. And Jesus arose and 
followed him, as did His disciples. And behold, 
a woman having an issue of blood twelve years 
came behind Him, and touched the fringe of His 
garment. For she said within herself: If | may 
but touch His garment, I shall be healed. But 
Jesus turned about, and seeing her, said: Be of 
good heart, daughter, thy faith hath healed thee. 
And the woman was healed from that hour. And 
when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, 
and saw the minstrels, and the crowd in an 
uproar, He said: Retire, for the maid is not dead, 
but sleepeth. And they Jaughed Him to scorn. 
And when the crowd was put forth, He went in 
_and took her by the hand: and the maid arose. 
And the fame hereof went abroad into all that 
country. 


706 GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 


If there should be more than 24 Sundays after Pentecost, 
the Masses after the 23d are of those Sundays after Epiphany, 
which were passed over. But the following Mass of the 24tb 
Sunday is always said last. 


TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 


PRAYER 


Quicken, O Lord, we beseech Thee, the wills 
of Thy faithful people; that they, more earnestly 
seeking after the fruit of divine grace, may more 
abundantly receive the healing gifts of Thy mercy. 
Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. 


EpistLe. Col. i. 9-14. 


BrevuREN: — We cease not to pray for 
you, and ask that ye may be filled with the 
knowledge of His will, in all wisdom and spiritual 
understanding: that ye may walk worthy of 
God, pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every 
good work, and increasing in the knowledge of 
God: strengthened with all might according to 
His glorious power, in all patience and Jong-suffer- 
ing with joy, giving thanks to God the Father, 
Who hath made us worthy to share in the lot of 
the saints in light; Who hath delivered us from 
the power of darkness, and translated us to the 
kingdom of His beloved Son; in Whom we have 
redemption through His blood, the forgiveness 
of sins. 








GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 707 


GosrPeL. Matt. xxiv. 15-35. 


: Ar that time: — Jesus said to His disciples: 
When ye shall see the abomination of desolation, 
which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, 
standing in the holy place: Jet him who readeth 
understand. Then Jet those who are in Judea 
flee to the mountains. And Iet not him who is on 
the housetop come down to take anything out 
of his house. And let not him who is in the field 
go back to take his coat. And woe to those who 
are with child, and to those who give suck in 
those days. But pray that your flight be not in 
the winter, or on the Sabbath. For there shall 
be then great tribulation, such as hath not been 
from the beginning of the world until now, 
neither shall be. And unless those days had 
_ been shortened, no flesh would be saved: but for 
the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened. 
Then if any man shall say to you: Lo! Here is 
the Christ; or there: believe it not. For false 
christs, and false prophets, will arise, and will 
show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive 
(if possible) even the elect. Behold I have told 
you before. If therefore they shall say to you: 
Behold, He is in the desert; go ye not out: 
Behold, in the closets; believe it not. For as the 
lightning cometh forth from the East, and 
appeareth even unto the West, so will also the 
coming of the Son of man be. Wherever the 
carcass Is, there will the eagles also be gathered 
together. And immediately after the tribula- 
tion of those days the sun will be darkened, and 


708 GOSPELS’ AND’ EPISTLES 


the moon will not. give her light, and the stars 
will fall from heaven; and the powers of heaven 
will be shaken. And then will appear the sign 
of the Son of man in heaven: and then will all 
the tribes of the earth mourn: and they wil see 
the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven 
with great power and majesty. And He shall 
send His angels with a trumpet, and a great voice, 
and they shall gather together His elect from the 
four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens 
to the utmost bounds of them. And from the 
fig-tree learn a parable: when the branch thereof 
is now tender, and the leaves come forth, ye 
know that summer is nigh. So ye also, when 
ye shall see all these things, know ye that it Is 
nigh, even at the doors. Amen, I say to you, 
that this generation shall not pass till all these 
things be done. Heaven and earth shall pass 
away, but My words shall not pass away. 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 709 


PRINCIPAL FEASTS OF THE 
CHRISTIAN YEAR 


THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (December 8) 


PRAYER 


@) GOD, Who, by the Immaculate Conception 
of the Virgin, didst prepare a worthy habitation 
for Thy Son, we beseech Thee that, as by the fore- 
seen death of the same Thy Son Thou didst preserve 
her from all stain of sin, so Thou wouldst enable 
us, being made pure by her intercession, to come 
unto Thee. Through the same Christ our Lord, 
AMEN. 


Lesson. Prov. vili. 22-35. 


Cur Lord possessed me in the beginning of 
His ways, before He made anything from the 
beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of 
old before the earth was made. The depths were 
not as yet, and I was already conceived; neither 
had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out: the 
mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet 
been established: before the hills I was brought 
forth: He had not yet made the earth nor the 
rivers, nor the poles of the world. When He 
prepared the heavens, I was present: when with 


710 GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 


a certain law and compass He enclosed the depths: 
when He established the sky above, and poised 
the fountains of waters: when He compassed the 
sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters, 
that they should not pass their limits: when 
He balanced the foundations of the earth: I was 
with Him forming all things: and I was delighted 
every day, playmg before Him at all times; 
playing in the world: and my delight was to be 


with the children of men. Now therefore, ye™ 


children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep 
my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and 
refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth 
me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and 
waiteth at the posts of my doors. He that shall 


find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation 


from the Lord. 


GosrpEL. Luke i. 26. 


Ar that time: — The Angel Gabriel was sent | 


from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, 
to a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was 
Joseph, of the house of David and the name of 
the Virgin was Mary. And the angel coming in to 
her, said: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: 
blessed art thou among women. 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 711 


ST. JOSEPH (March 19) 
PRAYER 


WVoucusare, O Lord, we beseech Thee, that 
we may be helped by the merits of the Spouse of 
Thy most holy Mother, that what of ourselves we 
cannot obtain may be given to us through his inter- 
cession. Who livest and reignest, etc. AMEN. 





Lesson. Eccl. xIv. 1-6. 


One beloved of God and men: whose memory 
is in benediction. He made him like the saints 
in glory, and magnified him so that His enemies 
feared him, and by his words He made prodigies 
cease. He glorified him in the sight of kings, and 
/gave him commandments im the sight of His 
people, and showed him His glory. He sanctified 
him in his faith and meekness, and chose him out 
of all flesh. For He heard him, and his voice, 
and He brought him into a cloud. And He gave 
him commandments before His face, and a law 
of life and instruction. 





GospEL. Matt. i. 18-21. 


Dow the generation of the Christ was thus: 
His mother Mary being espoused to Joseph 
before they came together, she proved to be 
with Child of the Holy Spirit. And Joseph, her 
husband, being just, and not willing to expose 
her, had a mind to put her away privately. But 


712 GOSPELS AND. EPISTLES 


while he thought on these things, behold an 
angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, 
saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to 
thee Mary, thy wife, for That which is conceived 
‘n her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring 
forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus; 
for He will save His people from their sins. 


SS. PETER AND PAUL Vune 29) 


PRAYER 


@) GOD, Who didst hallow this day by the 
martyrdom of Thy Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, 
grant unto Thy Church that as from them it re- 
ceived the faith, so in all things it may remain 
loyal to their teaching. Through Christ our Lord. 
AMEN. 


Lesson. Acts xil. I-II. 


N those days: — Herod the king stretched 
forth his hands to maltreat some of the Church: 
and he killed James the brother of John with the 
sword; and seeing that it pleased the Jews, he} 
proceeded to seize Peter also. Now it was in the 
days of the unleavened bread: and when he had 
seized him, he cast him into prison, delivering 
him to four files of soldiers to guard, intending 
to brig him forth to the people after the passover. 
And Peter indeed was kept in prison; but prayer 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 713 













as made without ceasing by the Church to God 
for him. And when Herod would have brought 

im forth the same night, Peter was sleeping 
detween two soldiers, bound with two chains, 
and the sentinels before the door guarded the 
orison. And behold an angel of the Lord stood 
dy, and a light shone in the room; and he struck 
Peter on the side, and awaked him, saying: Rise 
ap quickly. And the chains fell off from his 
aands. And the angel said to him: Gird thyself, 
ind tie on thy sandals. And he did so. And he 
said to him: Wrap thy garment about thee, and 
ollow me. And he went out and followed him, 
ind knew not that what was done by the angel 
vas real; but thought he saw a vision. And 
when they had passed the first and the second 
vard, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to 
the city, which of itself opened to them. And 
‘hey went out, and passed on through one street; 
ind immediately the angel departed from him. 
And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know 
truly that the Lord hath sent His angel, and 
lelivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from 
ul the expectation of the people of the Jews. 


GospEL. Matt. xvi. 13-10. 


rir that time: — Jesus came into the district 
o£ Cesarea Philippi: and asked His disciples, 
iaying: Who do men say that the Son of man 
s? And they said: Some, John the Baptist, and 
thers, Elias, and others, Jeremias, or one of the 
prophets. Jesus saith to them: But who say 





714 GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 


ye that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: 
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 
And Jesus answered and said to him: Blessed 
art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and | 
blood hath not revealed it to thee, but My 
Father Who is in heaven. And I say to thee: 
That thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build 
My Church; and the gates of hell shall not 
prevail against it. And I will give to thee the 
keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatever 
thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound also in 
heaven: and whatever thou shalt loose upon 
earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. 


ASSUMPTION OF THE B. V. M. (August 15) 
PRAYER 


O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God who bas 
taken up, body and soul, to celestial glory the Im- 
maculate Virgin Mary, mother of Thy Son, grant, 
we beseech Thee, that being always intent on heavenly 
things we may merit to share in ber glory. Through 
the same Lord, etc. 


Lesson. Judith xu. 22-25; XV. I0. 


HE Lord hath blessed thee by His power, be: 
cause by thee He hath brought our enemies t¢ 
nought. Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the 
Lord the most high God, above all women upor 
the earth. Blessed be the Lord who made heaver 



























GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 715 


and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting 
off the head of the prince of our enemies; because 
He hath so magnified thy name this day, that thy 
praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men 
who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord 
forever, for that thou hast not spared thy life 
by reason of the distress and tribulation of Thy 
people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence 
of our God. Thou art the Glory of Jerusalem, 
thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honor of 
our people. 


GospeL. Luke 1. 41-50. 


A: that time: Elizabeth was filled with the 
Holy Ghost and she cried out with a loud voice, 
and said: Blessed art thou among women, and 
blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is 
this to me, that the mother of my Lord should 
come to me? For behold as soon as the voice of 
thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in 
my womb leaped for joy. And blessed art thou 
that hast believed, because those things shall be 
accomplished that were spoken to thee by the 
Lord. And Mary said: My soul doth magnify 
the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God 
my Saviour, because He hath regarded the hu- 
mility of His handmaid; for behold from hence- 
forth all generations shall call me blessed, because 
He that is mighty hath done great things to me, 
nd holy is His name. And His mercy is from 
generation unto generations, to them that fear 
Him. 

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FEAST OF ALL SAINTS (November 1) 
PRAYER 


AL oicuty, everlasting God, Who givest us 
to venerate in one Solemnity the merits of all Thy 
saints, we beseech Thee that through the multitude 
of our intercessors Thou wouldst bestow upon us 
the fulness of Thy mercy, which we most bumbly © 
desire. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN. , 


Lesson. Apoc. vil. 2-12. 


‘In those days: — Behold I, John, saw another 
angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having 
the seal of the living God: and he cried with a 
loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was 
given to hurt the land and sea, saying: Hurt not 
the Iand, and the sea, nor the trees, until we seal 
the servants of our God on their foreheads. And 
I heard the number of those who were sealed: 
a hundred and forty-four thousand were sealed, 
of every tribe of the children of Israel. Of the 
tribe of Juda twelve thousand were sealed: of the 
tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed: of 
the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed: 
of the tribe of Aser twelve thousand were sealed: 
of the tribe of Nephthali twelve thousand were 
sealed: of the tribe of Manasses twelve thousand 
were sealed: of the tribe of Simeon twelve 
thousand were sealed: of the tribe of Levi 
twelve thousand were sealed: of the tribe of 
Issachar twelve thousand were sealed: of the 





GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 717 


tribe of Zabulon twelve thousand were sealed: 
of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were 
sealed: of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand 
were sealed. After these things I saw a great 
crowd, which no man could number, of all na- 
tions and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, 
standing before the Throne, and in sight of the 
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in 
their hands: and they cried with a loud voice, 
saying: Salvation to our God, Who sitteth upon 
the Throne, and to the Lamb. And all the angels 
stood around the Throne, and the ancients, and 
the four animals: and they fell down on their 
face before the Throne and they adored God, 
saying: Amen. Praise, and glory, and wisdom, 
and thanksgiving, honor, and power, and strength, 
to our God forever and ever. Amen. 






GosreL. Matt. v. 1-12. 


Ar that time: — Jesus, seeing the crowds, 
went up on to the mountain, and when He had 
seated Himself His disciples came to Him. And 
He opened His mouth, and taught them, saying: 
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for 
they shall possess the Iand. Blessed are they 
who mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed 
are they who hunger and thirst after justice: 
for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: 
for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the 
clean of heart: for they shall see God. Blessed 
‘are the peacemakers: for they shall be called 


718 GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 


children of God. Blessed are they who suffer 
persecution for justice’ sake: for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men 
shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all 
that is evil against you, untruly, for My sake: 
be glad and rejoice, for your reward is great In 
heaven. 


FEAST OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING 
(The Last Sunday of October) 


PRAYER 


ELimicuty and everlasting God, who hast 
willed to restore all things in Thy beloved Son, the 
universal King, mercifully grant that all the families 
of the nations, separated by the wound of sin, may 
become subjects of His most sweet rule. Who with 
Thee liveth and reigneth, etc. 


Lesson. Coloss. i. 12-20. 


(BRETHREN, we give thanks to God the 
Father, who hath made us worthy to be partakers 
of the lot of the saints in light: who hath delivered 
us from the power of darkness, and hath trans- 
lated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love. 
In whom we have redemption through his blood, 
the remission of sins. Who is the image of the 
invisible God, the firstborn of every creature. | 
For in him were all things created in heaven and 
on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, 










GOSPELS AND EPISTLES 718a 


or dominations, or principalities, or powers: all 
things were created by him and in him. And he 
is before all, and by him all things consist. And 
he is the head of the body, the church, who is 
the beginning, the firstborn from the deat that 
in all things he may hold the primacy: because 
in him, it hath well pleased the Father, that all 
fullness should dwell; and through him to recon- 
ile all things unto himself, making peace through 
the blood of his cross, both as to the things that 
are on earth and the things that are in heaven, 

in Christ Jesus, our Lord. 


GospEL. John xviii. 33-37. 


Alr that time: Pilate said to Jesus: Art thou 
the King of the Jews? Jesus answered: Sayest 
thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it 
thee of me? Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy 
own nation, and the chief priests, have delivered 
chee up to me: what hast thou done? Jesus an- 
swered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my 
<ingdom were of this world, my servants would 
sertainly strive that I should not be delivered to 
che Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence. 

Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king 
chen? Jesus answered: Thou sayest, that I am 
1 king. For this was I born, and for this came 
| into the world; that I should give testimony to 
she truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth 
my voice. 































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INDEX 


“Abroad the Regal Banners Fly,” 215 
Accessory, nine ways of being, to another’s sin, 24 


Act, Heroic, of Charity, xxxiv 


of charity, 5 
of consecration to Blessed Virgin, by St. John Berch- 
mans, 277 
to Holy Spirit, 273 
to Sacred Heart, 366 
of contrition, 15, 27 
in Way of Cross, 372 
of devout affection to Jesus in Blessed Sacrament, 211 
of faith, 4 
of hope, 4 
of oblation of St. Thérése, 315 
of presence of God, 12 
of reparation, 208 
for blasphemies against Holy Name, 360 
to Holy Face, 387 
of spiritual communion, 113 
of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 321 
of thanksgiving for blessings of past year, 245 
Acts, of adoration, 347 
and thanksgiving, 2 
of consecration to Blessed Virgin, 430 
of faith, 345 
of hope, 346 
of love, 346 
of petition, 17 
of thanksgiving, 348 
to Most Holy Trinity, 243-245 
Adoration, acts of, 2, 347 
of Blessed Sacrament, 326 
of Divine Majesty, 1 
forty hours’, 341 
prayer of, 327 


719 


720 INDEX 


Advent, devotions for, 253 
Affection, act of devout, to Jesus in Blessed Sacrament, 211 
Afflicted and tempted, prayer for, 469 
Agnus Dei, 86 
prayer at, 112 
All Saints, prayers for Feast of, 236 
All Souls’ Day, prayers for, 237 
Alma Redemptoris, 424 
Angelical Salutation, the, 3 
Angels, Holy Tuesday devotions to, 260 
invocation of nine choirs of, 261 
Angelus, the, 5 
Anima Cbristt, 42 
Anthem, versicle and prayer in honor of Immaculate 
Conception, 290 
Antiphons, to Blessed Virgin Mary, 425 
Apostles’ Creed, the, 3 
Application, during Holy Hour, 401, 405, 409 
April devotions to Holy Ghost, 273 
Archangel, St. Michael, prayer to, 454 
St. Raphael, prayer to, 454 
Archbishop Carroll, prayer of, for Church, civil authori- — 
ties, etc., 466 
Ascension day, prayers for, 229 
Asperges, the, 40, 47 
Aspirations, three fnal in forty hours’ devotion, 350 
to Blessed Sacrament, 335 
to St. Rita, 462 
Assumption, prayers for Feast of, 233 
August devotions to Most Pure Heart of Mary, 283 
Ave, Maris Stella, 424 
Ave, Regina, 424 
Ave, Verum Corpus Natum, 263 
Avoiding curiosity (from Imit. of Christ), 580 


Baptism, lay, vil 

Bearing with others (from Imit. of Christ), 569 

Beatitudes, eight, 25 

Benediction, of Blessed Sacrament, 191 ff. 
prayers at, 193 








INDEX 721 


Benedictus, the, 503 
Benefactors, prayer for, 468 
deceased, prayer for, 485 
postcommunion for, 154 
secret prayers for, 137 
departed, prayer for, 16 
Bishop, deceased, prayer for, 484 
Blessed Sacrament, aspirations to from Psalms, 335 
Benediction of, ror ff. 
crown or chaplet of, 345 
devotions to, 321 
ejaculations to, 325 
Holy Hour before, 326 ff. 
hymns to, 191, 192 
petition to, 335 
Drayer to, 194, 210 
of St. Alphonsus Liguori before, 324 
of St. Thérése to, 323 
prayers during procession of, 345 
reparation to, 332 
thanksgiving to, 328 
visits to, 321 
Blessed Virgin Mary, act of consecration to, 430 
antiphons to, 425 
August devotions to Heart of, 283 
Canticle of, 188, 189 
daily prayers to, 427 
December devotions in honor of Immaculate Concep. 
tion of, 290 
devotions to, 413 ff. 
ejaculations to, 432, 436 
evening prayer to, 429 
Immaculate, ejaculations to, 240 
Inviolata to, 267 
Litany of, 421 
liturgical prayers to, 424 ff. 
May devotions to, 275 
memorare to, 267 
novena to, 298 
particular devotions to, 432 


722 INDEX 


Blessed Virgin Mary—cont. 
prayer of St. Aloysius Gonzaga to; 428 
of St. Alphonsus to, 427 
prayer to, 36 
after communion, 42 
prayer of praise to, 239 
prayers for Feast of Purification of, 198 
prayers in honor of seven sorrows of, 285 
Queen of Holy Rosary, October devotions to, 287 
Rosary of, 413 
and Saints, prayer to, 27 
Saturday devotions to, 266 
seven dolors, exercises in honor of, 432 
short prayer to, in her desolation, 287 
sodality, acts of consecration for members of, 430 
thirty days’ prayer to, 198 ff. 
Blessing, God’s on our labors, prayer for, 236 
prayer for on New Year, 249, 250 
Body and soul, prayers for health of, 492; 493 
Brethren, deceased, prayer for, 485 
Bridegroom and bride, Mass for, 164 
Brotherly love, reflections on, 522 


Calamity, prayer in time of, 487 
Calendar, x 
Candlemas Day, prayers for, 198 
Canticle, of Blessed Virgin Mary, 188, 189 
of Seraphim, 259 
Capital sins, table of, 23 
Capitulum, in Vespers, 186 
Carroll, Archbishop, prayer of for Church, civil authori- 
ties, etc., 466 
Catechumens, Mass of, 49 
meaning of, 49 
Chaplet or crown of Blessed Sacrament, 345 
Charity, act of, 5 
heroic act of, xxxiv 
prayer for, 490 
reflections on, 517 ff. 
from Imit. of Christ, 568 





INDEX 723 


hastity, prayer for, 490 
reflections on, 545, 546 
hoirs, nine, of angels, invocation of, 261 
hrist, Friday devotions to Passion of, 265 
walking after (from Imit. of Christ), 578 
‘hristian doctrine, brief statement of, xxii 
hristian virtues, and four last things, devout reflections 
on, 509 ff. 
year, Gospels, Epistles and prayers for principal Feasts 
of, 709 ff. 
for Sundays of, 589 ff. 
thristmas, novena for, 292 
prayers for Feast of, 241, 242 
thristmastide, devotions for, 254 
thrist’s betrayal and Passion, prayers for, 234 
‘hurch, ancient, penance in, 5 
Catholic, only teacher of faith, 514 
civil authorities, etc., prayer for, 466 
men in, prayer for all degrees of, 465 ° 
prayer to Holy Spirit for, 231, 464 
to St. Joseph for, 464 
table of sins against precepts of, 23 
unity, prayer for, 486 
Universal, prayer to St. Joseph, patron of, 443 
circumcision, prayers for Feast of, 196 
‘vil authorities, Church, etc., prayer for, 466: 
‘ommandments, table of sins against, 21 ff, 
Yommunion, Holy, definition of, 33 
daily prayers for, 209 
devotions for, 33 
forming of one’s intention for, 37 
manner of reception of, 38 
meditations of Soeur Thérése after, 39 
prayer before crucifix after, 43 
prayer of St. Bonaventure after, 40 
of St. Thomas after, 39 
to Blessed Virgin after, 42 
to our Lord after, 41 
preparation for, 33 
Psalm XCV after, 44 








724 INDEX 


Communion, Holy—cont. 
spiritual, act of, 113 
thanksgiving after, 39 
Company and conversation (from Imit. of Cbrist), 
567 
Confession, devotions for, 19 
manner of making, 28 | 
penance after, 28 
penance of, 32 
prayers after, 28 
prayers before, 19 
Confiteor, the, 4, 15, 51, 118 
Conscience, a good (from Imit. of Christ), 574 
daily examination of, 14 
examination of, 21 
Consecration, act of to Blessed Virgin of St. John Berch- 
mans, 277 
of family to Sacred Heart, 367 
to Holy Spirit, 273 
to Sacred Heart, 366 
to Blessed Virgin Mary, 430 
Consolation, spiritual (from Imit. of Christ), 575 
Contrition, act of, 15, 27 
in Way of Cross, 372 
prayers to obtain, 25 
reflections (from Imit. of Christ), 587 
Conversation and company (from Imit. of Christ), 567 
Conversion of unbelievers, prayer for, 470 
Corporal works of mercy, 25 
reflection on, 531 ff. 
Corpus Christi, prayers for, 232 
Creed, Apostles’, 3 , 
Nicene, 60,61 
Cross, invocation of, of St. Thomas Aquinas, 266 
seven words upon, 216 ff. 
Sign of, 1, 12, 320 
Stations of, 371 ff. 
Way of, of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 372 
Crown of twelve stars, 275 
or chaplet, of Blessed Sacrament, 345 


INDEX 725 


Crucifix, prayer before, after communion, 43 
Curiosity, avoiding (from Imit. of Christ), 580 


Daily communion, prayers for, 209 
examination and resolution (from Imit. of Christ), 569 
Mass for the dead, 117 
prayer before picture of Holy Family, 271 
to Blessed Virgin, 427 
preparation for death (from Imit. of Christ), 570 
Damned, reflections on despair of, $58 
Danger, prayer for those in any, 469 
Day, consecration of, 1 
Dead, commemoration of and prayer for in Mass, 81 
daily Mass for, 117 ff. 
prayer at memento for, 110 
prayer for, 289 
prayers for, 478 ff. . 
Death, daily preparation for (from Imit. of Christ), 570 
happy, prayers for, 493 ff. 
reflections on, 547 ff. 
Deceased, postcommunion for, 153-155 
secret prayers for, 136, 137 
Deceased brethren, friends and benefactors, postcom- 
munion for, 154 
prayer for, 123, 137 
secret prayers for, 137 
Deceased persons, prayers for, 484 
December devotions in honor of Immaculate Conception, 
290 
Departed, prayer for, 16 
Departed, faithful, postcommunion for all, 155 
secret prayers for all, 137 
De Profundis, 16, 289 
Detractors, tongues of (from Imit. of Christ), 581 
Devotion, forty hours’, 341 
Devotions, for Advent, 253 
for Christmastide, 254 
for Communion, 33 
for confession, 19 
for days of the week, 258 ff. 


) 


726 INDEX 


Devotions—cont. 

for Eastertide, 256, 257 

for Good Friday, 213 

for holydays and special feasts, 196 ff. 

for Holy Saturday, 224 

for Holy Week, 204 ff. 

for Mass, 45 ff. 

for month of January, to Holy Name, 268 
February, to Holy Family, 270 
March, to St. Joseph, 272 
April, to Holy Ghost, 273 
May, to Blessed Virgin, 275 
June, to Sacred Heart, 278 
July, to Precious Blood, 280 
August, to Most Pure Heart of Mary, 283 
September, to our Lady of Sorrows, 284 
October, to Queen of Holy Rosary, 287. 
November, for souls in purgatory, 289 
December, in honor of Immaculate Conception, 290 

for Passiontide, 256 

for seasons of year, 253 ff. 

for Septuagesima and Lent, 255 

Friday, to Passion of Christ, 265 

in honor of Saints, 445 

particular, to Blessed Virgin, 432 

Saturday, to Blessed Virgin, 266 

Thursday, to Blessed Sacrament, 262, 26 

to Blessed Sacrament, 321 

to Blessed Trinity, 320 

to Blessed Virgin, 413 ff. 

to Five Wounds, 389 

to Holy Face, 387 

to Holy Name, 357 
for January, 268 

to mysteries of sacred infancy, 353 

to our Lord, 353 

to Precious Blood, 393 

to Sacred Heart, 363 

to St. Joseph, 437 ff. 

to St. Rita, 461 





INDEX 727 


Tuesday, to holy angels, 260 

Wednesday, to St. Joseph, 261 

evout reflections (from Imit. of Christ), 566 ff. 

on Christian virtues and four last things, 509 ff. 
Dies Irae, 125 ff. 
Distractions (from Imit. of Christ), 586 
Distrust of self (from Imit. of Christ), 573 
Divine Majesty, adoration of, 1 

Praises, the, 194 

protection, prayers for, 12 
Doxology, the, 361 

greater, and lesser, 508 
Dying, litany for, 473 

prayer to St. Joseph for, 472 

prayers for, 471 

three devout prayers useful for, 476 
Dying person, prayer of to our Lord, 475 


Earthly things, vanity of (from Imit. of Christ), 566 \ 
Easter Sunday, prayers for, 226 
Eastertide, devotions for, 256, 257 
Edification, reflections on, 527 
Ejaculation, for souls in purgatory, 260 
indulgenced, to Blessed Virgin, 436 
to heart of Mary, 284 
to our Lady of Good Studies, 9 
to our Lady of Perpetual Help, 435 
Ejaculations, in honor of Immaculate Conception, 291 
to Blessed Sacrament, 325 
to Blessed Virgin, 432 
to Jesus, Mary and Joseph, 271 
indulgenced, 10, 11 
in honor of St. Joseph, 444 
to Mary Immaculate, 240 
to Sacred Heart, 368 
Ejaculatory offering of Precious Blood, 282 
Ember days, 234 
Enduring friend (from Imit. of Christ), 572 
Enemies, prayer for, 469 
Epiphany, prayers for Feast of, 197 





728 INDEX 


Epistles, Gospels and prayers for principal feasts, 709 ff. 
for Sundays, 589 ff. 
Esteem and praise, human (from Imit. of Christ), 585 
Evening prayer, to Blessed Virgin, 429 
prayers, 12 
examination of conscience in, 14 
Everlasting festival, looking to (from Imit. of Christ), 57¢ 
Examination and resolution, daily (from Imit. of Christ) 
569 
Examination of conscience, 21 
daily, 14 
Exercise, devout, in honor of seven sorrows and joys o 
St. Joseph, 4309 ff. 
of six Sundays in honor of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 459 
Exercises in honor of seven dolors of Blessed Virgin, 432 
Exterior and interior man (from Imit. of Christ), 582 


Fair weather, prayer for, 488 
Faith, acts of, 345 
Catholic Church only teacher of, 514 
individual not judge of, 513 
reflections on, 511 ff. 
Faithful, Mass of, 62 
Faichful departed, De Profundis for, 289 
prayer for souls Be, MOLY, es 
postcommunion for all, 153 
secret prayers for, 137 
Family, consecration of, to Sacred Heart, 367 
Famine, prayer in time of, 487 
Fasts, table of, viii 
Faults, not excusing one’s (from Imit. of Christ), 585 
Feasts of All Saints, prayers for, 236 
of Assumption, prayers for, 233 
of Christmas, prayers for, 241, 242 
of Circumcision, prayers for, 196 
of Corpus Christi, prayers for, 232 
of Epiphany, prayers for, 197 
of Immaculate Conception, prayers for, 238-240 
of Purification of Blessed Virgin, prayers for, 198 
of St. Joseph, prayers for, 202 





INDEX 729 


Feasts, table of, viii 
Table of moveable, ix 
*easts, principal, Gospels, Epistles and prayers for, 709 ff. 
special, and holydays, devotions for, 196 ff. 
*ebruary devotions to Holy Family, 270 
feelings, instability of our (from Imit. of Christ), 583 
Festival, everlasting, looking to (from Imit. of Christ), 
570 
*tve Wounds, devotions to, 389 
Forgiveness, prayer for, 19 
*orming of one’s intention for communion, 37 
“orty hours’ adoration, 341 
fortitude, reflections on, 542 
four last things and Christian virtues, devout reflections 
on, 509 ff. 
7riday devotions to Passion of Christ, 265 
friend, the enduring (from Imit. of Christ), 572 
7riends, prayer for our, 468 
deceased, secret prayers for, 137 
postcommunion prayers for, 144 
departed, prayer for, 16 
‘From High Heaven,” 405 





General judgment, 551 > 
Glorious mysteries, frve, of Rosary, 419 
Glory of suffering (from Imit. of Christ), 576 
God, act of presence of, 12 
looking to alone (from Imit. of Christ), 573 
our true happiness (from Imit. of Christ), 578 
prayer in presence of, 1 
prayer of love of, of Sceur Thérése, 13 
soul’s longing for, 37 
thanks to, for daily protection, 12 
God’s blessing on our labors, prayer for, 236 
service and world’s (from Imit. of Christ), 576 
Good conscience, a (from Imit. of Christ), 574 
Good Friday, devotions for, 213 
reproaches, 222-224 
Good use of time (from Imit. of Christ), 571 
Good works, daily, 1 


730 INDEX 


Gospels, Epistles and prayers for principal Feasts, 709 ff. 
for Sundays, 589 ff. 

Gossip (from Imit. of Christ), 584 

Grace, before and after meals, 7 
novena of, 311 

Gratitude, prayer of, of Soeur Thérése, 13 

Great mortality, prayer in time of, 487 

Greater Doxology, the, 508 


Happiness, God our true (from Imit. of Christ), 578 
Happy death, prayers for, 493 ff. 
and other good intentions, prayer for to St. Joseph 
202 ff. 
Health of body and soul, prayers for, 492, 493 
Heart, peace of (from Imit. of Christ), 567 
Heart of Mary, August devotions to, 283 
ejaculation to, 284 
prayer to, 283 
Heaven, reflections on, 561 ff. 
Hell, reflections on, 557 ff. 
Help, prayer for (Psalm LIV), 400 
Heretics and unbelievers, prayer for, 469 
Heroic act of charity, xxxiv 
Holydays and special feasts, devotions for, 196 ff. 
Holy angels, Tuesday devotions to, 260 
Holy Communion—see Communion, Holy 
Holy Face, act of reparation to, 387 
devotions to, 387 
prayer to, of Soeur Thérése, 388 
Holy Family, daily prayer before picture of, 271 
February devotions to, 270 
prayer in honor of, 272 
Holy Ghost, April devotions to, 273 
invocation of, 20 
novena to, at Pentecost, 296 
sins against, 24 
Holy Hour, the, 399 
before Blessed Sacrament, 326 ff. 
Holy Name, act of reparation for blasphemies again} 
360 





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INDEX 731 


devotions to, 357 
January devotions to, 268 
litany of, 357 
novena in honor of, 294 
Holy Saturday, devotions for, 224 
Holy Scripture, devout reflections from, 509 
Holy Spirit, act of consecration to, 273 
prayer to, for Church, 231, 464 
Holy Thursday, indulgences for, 213 
services of, 205 
Holy water, prayer at taking, 8 
Holy Week, devotions for, 204 ff. 
services of, 204, 205 
Hope, act of, 4 
acts of, 346 
prayer of, of Sceur Thérése, 14 
reflections on, 515 ff. 
Hour, Holy, 399 
Human praise and esteem (from Imit. of Christ), 585 
Humility, prayer for, 490 
and meekness, 546 
Hymns: Abroad the Regal Banners Fly, 215 
Alma Redemptoris, 424 
Ave, Maris Stella, 424 
Ave, Regina, 424 
Ave, Verum Corpus Natum, 263 
From High Heaven, 405 
Holy God, 195 
Lead, Kindly Light, 489 
Lauda Sion, 342 
Lucis Creator, 187 
Man of Sorrows, 402 
O Salutaris, 191 
of St. Francis Xavier, 312 
of thanksgiving, 195 
from Te Deum, 246 
Old Year and New Year (from Lapsus est Annus), 
248, 249 
Our Lord in the Tabernacle, 322 
Paschal sequence, 227 


732 INDEX 


Hymns—cont. . 
Pentecostal sequence (Veni, Sancte Spiritus), 230 
Regina Coeli, 6 
Rerum Deus, 251 
See the Eternal Word, 411 
Sing, My Tongue (Pange Lingua), 263 
Stabat Mater, 372 ff. 
to Blessed Sacrament, 191, 192 
to Blessed Virgin Mary, 304, 308 
to Jesus in the Sepulchre, 225 
Tantum Ergo, 192, 210 
Upon That Hallowed Night, 210 
Veni, Creator Spiritus, 274 
Vexilla Regis, 215 
Word Descending, 212 


Imitation of Christ, devout reflections from, 566 ff. 
Immaculate Conception, December devotions in honor 
of, 290 
ejaculations in honor of, 291 
prayers for Feast of, 238-240 
Impenitence, as cause of damnation, reflections on, 560 
Improvement of life (from Imit. of Christ), 573 
Incarnation, mystery of, 5 
Incense and incensing, at Solemn Mass, 65, 66 
Individual, not judge of faith, 513 
Indulgence(s), for act(s) of, consecration to Blessed | 
Virgin, 430, 431 
of St. John Berchmans, 277, 430 
consecration to Holy Spirit, 273 
devout affection to Jesus, 211 
faith, hope and charity, 4, 5 
reparation for blasphemies against Holy Name, 360 
spiritual communion of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 321 
thanksgiving to Holy Trinity, 243-245 
for adoration of Blessed Sacrament, 326 
for Angelus, 5 
for anthem, versicle and prayer in honor of Immaculate 
Conception, 290 
for Ave, Maris Stella, 424 


INDEX 733 


for Canticle of Seraphim, 259 
for consecration of family to Sacred Heart, 367 
for crown of twelve stars, 275 
for De Profundis, 289 
for devotions to Precious Blood, 398 
for deyout exercise in honor of seven sorrows and joys 
of St. Joseph, 439 
for divine praises, 194 
for ejaculation for souls in purgatory, 260 
for ejaculation and prayers after Low Mass, 97, 116 
for ejaculations, 10, 11 
in honor of Immaculate Conception, 291 
of St. Joseph, 444 
to Blessed Sacrament, 109, 191, 325 
Blessed Virgin, 432, 436 
heart of Mary, 284 
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, 271 
Mary Immaculate, 240 
Our Lady of Good Studies, 9 
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 435 
Sacred Heart, 368 
for exercises in honor of seven dolors of Blessed Virgin, 432 
for Holy Thursday, 213 
for invocation of cross of St. Thomas, 266 
for invocations to Jesus and Mary, 361 
for litany of Blessed Virgin, 421 
of Holy Name, 360 
of Sacred Heart, 365 
to St. Joseph, 437 
for Mass offering, 99 
for ““My Lord and My God,” 109, 191 
for Pentecostal sequence, 230 
for Regina Coeli, 6 
for Sign of the Cross, 1 
for memorare to Blessed Virgin, 267 
to St. Joseph, 202, 262 
for novena for Christmas, 292 
for souls in purgatory, each day of, 481 
to Blessed Virgin, 298 
to Holy Ghost at Pentecost, 296 


734 INDEX 


{ndulgence(s), for novena—cont. 

to St. Anne, 313 
to St. Joseph, 310 

for offering to Sacred Heart, 278 
offering, special, for dying at Mass, 100 
offering, ejaculatory, of Precious Blood, 282 
offerings, three, in honor of Blessed Virgin, 429 
offerings to Precious Blood, 282 

for prayer, before study or reading, 9 
for benefactors, 468 
for conversion of unbelievers, 470 
for dead, 290 
for one’s self, 352 
for our city, 351 
for nations, 231 
for Pope, 465 
for vocations to priesthood, 236 
in honor of Holy Family, 272 
““O Good Jesus!” 269 
of adoration, 327 
of intercession, 352 
of St. Aloysius Gonzaga to Blessed Virgin, 428 
of St. Alphonsus, 18 





of St. Alphonsus Liguori before Blessed Sacrament 


324, 325 
of St. Alphonsus for purity, 240 
of St. Alphonsus to our Lady, 427 
nine days’ for one recently deceased, 478 
seven days’ for souls in purgatory, 481 
to Blessed Sacrament, 194, 207, 210 
to Blessed Trinity, 259 
to Child Jesus, 356 
to Guardian Angel, 8 
to Heart of Mary, 283 
to Holy Spirit for Church, 231, 464 
to Holy Trinity, 320 
to Jesus, Mary and Joseph, 222 
to Jesus in tabernacle, 321 
to our Lady, Help of Christians, 433 
to our Lady Immaculate, 291 





INDEX 735 


to our Lady of Good Counsel, 435 
of Mt. Carmel, or Scapular, 433 
of Rosary, 288 
to Passion of Christ, 265 
to Sacred Heart, 279 
to St. Aloysius, 459 
to St. Anne, 455 
to St. Dominic, 456 
to St. Joseph, 262, 273 
for dying, 472 
patron of Universal Church, 443 
to St. Michael, Archangel, 454 
to St. Raphael, Archangel, 454 
to St. Rita, 461 
to St. Vincent Ferrer, 463 
for prayers, during procession of Blessed Sacrament, 345 
for daily communion, 209 
for days in week for souls in purgatory, 481 ff. 
for dying, 471, 472 
for happy death, 493 ff. 
for last day of year, 242 
for success in work, 496 
in honor of Christ’s betrayal and Passion, 235 
of seven sorrows of Mary, 285 
of thanksgiving for every day of week, 504 ff. 
to St. Joseph for Church, 464 
for Psalm CXLIV of praise, 330 
for request to St. Anthony, 460 
for Rosary, 420 
for salutation and response to Holy Names of Jesus 
and Mary, 270 
for Sign of the Cross, 320 
for Sub Tuum Praesidium, 429 
for thanksgiving to Blessed Sacrament, 328 
for visits to Blessed Sacrament, 321 
Indulgence, plenary, for consecration of family to Sacred 
Heart, 367 
for devout exercise in honor of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 


459 
for prayer before crucifix after communion, 43 


736 INDEX 


Indulgence—cont. 
for thirteen Tuesdays or Sundays in honor of St. 
Anthony, 460 
on Feast of Immaculate Conception, 238 
Indulgences, plenary and partial, for petition to Blessed 
Sacrament, 335 
Infancy, sacred, devotions to, 353 
Instability of our feelings (from Imit. of Christ), 583 
Intention, forming of one’s for communion, 37 
Intercession, prayer of, 352 
Interior and exterior man (from Imit. of Christ), 582 
Inviolata, to Blessed Virgin, 267 
Invocation, of cross, of St. Thomas, 266 
of Holy Ghost, 20 
of nine choirs of angels, 261 
Invacations, to Jesus and Mary, 361 


January devotions to Holy Name, 268 
Jesus, act of devout affection to in Blessed Sacrament, 211 
enduring friend, the (from Imit. of Christ), 572 
Holy Name of, novena in honor of, 294 
in manger, prayer to, 241 
in tabernacle, prayer to, 321 
January devotions to Holy Name of, 268 
Little Flower of, prayer to, 462 
loving above all (from Imit. of Christ), 574 
offering In reparation to Precious Blood of, 280 
St. Gertrude’s salutation to Five Wounds of, 389 
prayer to, of dying person, 475 
seeking (from Imit. of Christ), 574 
suffering reproach with (from Imit. of Christ), 573 
Jesus and Mary, invocations to, 361 
salutation and response to Holy Names of, 270 
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, ejaculations to, 271 
prayer to, 222 
Journey, prayers for a, 495 
Joy, reflections on, 526 
Joyful mysteries, five, of Rosary, 414 
Judgment, reflections on, 553 ff. 
July devotions to Precious Blood, 280 








INDEX 737 


June devotions to Sacred Heart, 278 
Justice, reflections on, 435 ff. 


Laboring for life everlasting (from Imit. of Christ), 586 
Labors, our, prayer for God’s blessing on, 236 
Lapsus est Annus, 248 
Last day of year, prayers for, 242 
Lauda Sion, 342 
“Lead, Kindly Light,” 489 
Lent, and Septuagesima, devotions for, 255 
Lesser Doxology, the, 508 
Life everlasting, laboring for (from Imit. of Christ), 586 
Life, miseries of (from Imit. of Christ), 579 
prayer on shortness of, 250 
reflections on improvement of (from Imit. of Christ), 
471 
Light, prayer for, 489 
Litany, for dying, 473 
of Blessed Virgin, 421 
of Holy Name, 357 
of Sacred Heart, 363 
of St. Joseph, 437 
of Saints, 445 
Little Chapter, in Vespers, 186 
Little Flower of Jesus, see Soeur Thérése 
Living, prayer for the, 15 
prayers for, 464 ff. 
Liturgical prayers to Blessed Virgin, 424 ff. 
Longing, soul’s, for God (Psalm LX XXIII), 37 
Looking to everlasting festival (from Imit. of Christ), 


570 
Looking to God alone (from Imit. of Christ), 573 
Lord’s Prayer, the, 3 
Losses, temporal and spiritual (from Imit. of Christ), 584 
Love, acts of, 346 

of God, reflections on, 518 
Loving Jesus above all (from I mit. of Christ), $74 
Low Mass, prayers and ejaculations after, 96, 97, 115, 
116 

Lucis Creator, 187 


738 INDEX 


Magnificat, the, 188-190 
Man, interior and exterior (from Imit. of Christ), 582 
Man of sorrows, 402 : 
March devotions to St. Joseph, 272 
Mary, Blessed Virgin — see Blessed Virgin Mary 
Mass, daily, for the dead, 117 ff. 
devotions for, 45 ff. 
ends of, 45 
explanation of Holy Sacrifice of, 45 
for bridegroom and bride, 164 ff. 
Low, prayers and ejaculations after, 96, 97, 115, 1 16 
of Catechumens, 49 
of faithful, 62 
Ordinary of, 45 ff. 
prayers at, 99 ff. 
Psalm XLII in, 50 
sermon in, 59 
Solemn, incense and incensing at, 54, 65, 66 
Matrimony, ritual for celebration of, 159 ff. 
Maundy Thursday, services of, 205 
May devotions to Blessed Virgin, 275 
Meals, grace before and after, 7 
Means of great peace (from Imit. of Christ), 580 
Meekness and humility, 546 
Memento for dead, prayer at, 110 
Memorare, to Blessed Virgin, 267 
to Sacred Heart, 278 
to St. Joseph, 202, 262 
Men, prayer for all degrees of in Church, 465 
Mercy, corporal works of, 25 
reflections on, 531 ff. 
spiritual works of, 24 
reflections on, 528 ff. 
Merit, true standard of (from Imit. of Christ), 577 
Miseries of life (from Imit. of Christ), 579 
Models in suffering (from Imit. of Christ), 578 
Monday, devotions on for souls m purgatory, 259 
Morning offering, 2 
Morning prayers, 1 ff. 
Mortification, reflections on, 544 








INDEX 739 


My Lord and my God, indulgence for, 100, 191 
Mysteries, five glorious, of Rosary, 419 

joyful, 414 

sorrowful, 417 
Mysteries of sacred infancy, devotion to, 353 


Nations, prayer for, 231 
Necessities, private, prayer for, 489 
Necessity, prayer for any, 488 
eighbor, speaking justly of our, reflections on, 541 
New Year, prayer for blessing on, 249 
resolutions and supplications for, 247 
New Year’s prayer, 197 
Newman, Cardinal, “Lead, Kindly Light’’ of, 489 
prayers of, for happy death, 494 
Nicene Creed, the, 60, 61 
Nine days’ prayer for one recently deceased, 478 
Not excusing one’s faults (from Imit. of Christ), 585 
November devotions for souls in purgatory, 289 
Novena, nature of a, 292 
for Christmas, 292 
for one recently deceased, 478 
for Pentecost, 296 
in honor of Holy Name, 294 
of grace, 311 
to Blessed Virgin, 298 
to Soeur Thérése, 314 
to St. Anne, 313 
to St. Joseph, 310 
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, 300 


O Good Jesus! (prayer), 269 
O Salutaris, 191 
Oblation, act of, of Sur Thérése, 315 
Occasions, prayers for various, 486 
October devotions to Queen of Holy Rosary, 287 
Offering, at beginning of Mass, 99, 100 
ejaculatory, of Precious Blood, 282 
morning, 2 
special, for dying, at Mass, 100 


740 INDEX 


Offering, to Sacred Heart, 278 
Offerings, in reparation to Precious Blood, 280 
three, in honor of Blessed Virgin, 429 ffs 
“Old Year and New Year,” 248 
One’s self, prayer for, 352 
Ordinary of the Mass, 45 ff. 
Others, bearing with (from Imit. of Christ), 569 
Our Father, the, 3 
in Vespers, 190 7 
Our Lady, Help of Christians, prayer to, 433 
Our Lady Immaculate, prayer to, 291 
Our Lady of Good Counsel, prayer to, 435 
of Mt. Carmel or Scapular, prayer to, 433 
of Perpetual Help, ejaculations to, 435 
of Rosary, prayer to, 288 
of Sorrows, prayer to, 221 
September devotions to, 284 
of Victory, prayer to, 436 
Our Lord, prayer to after communion, 41 
“Our Lord in the Tabernacle,” 322 


Pange Lingua, 263 

Parents, deceased, prayer for, 484 

Particular devotions to Blessed Virgin, 432 

Particular judgment, reflections on, 553 

Paschal Sequence, ,227 

Paschaltide, prayers for, 226 

Passion of Christ, Friday devotions to, 265 

Passion and betrayal, Christ’s, prayers for, 235 

Passiontide, devotions for, 256 

Patience, prayer for, 490 
reflections on, 543 

Patron of schools, St. Thomas, prayer to, 458 

Patron saint, prayer in honor of one’s, 456 

Peace, how to enjoy (from I mit. of Christ), 568 
how to have (from Imit. of Christ), 580 | 
means of great (from Imit. of Christ), 580 | 
of heart (from Imit. of Christ), 567 ; 
prayer for, 351 : 
reflections on, 524 ff. 





INDEX 741 


Penance, after confession, 28 
in ancient Church, 5 
in confession, 32 
Pentecost or Whitsunday: novena for, 206 
prayers for, 229 
Pentecostal sequence, 230 
Perseverance, prayer for, 30, 338 
reflections on, 543 
Pestilence, prayer in time of, 487 
Peter and Paul, Sts., prayers for Feast of, 232 
Petition, acts of, 17 
prayer of, 29 
to Blessed Sacrament, 335 
Pleasures of world (from Imit. of Christ), 577 
Pope, prayer for, 465 
deceased, prayer for, 484 
Pope Clement XI, universal prayer of, for all things neces- 
sary for salvation, 497 ff. 
Popularity, not seeking (from Imit. of Christ), 583 
Praise, prayer of to Blessed Virgin, 239 
Psalm CII of, 31, 32 
Psalm CXLIV of, 330 
Praise and esteem, human (from Imit. of Christ), 
585 ! 
Praises, divine, 194 
Pray, how to, xxvi 
Prayer, after Angelus, 6 
after retiring, 18 
anthem, versicle and, in honor of Irnmaculate Con- 
ception, 290 
at taking Holy Water, 8 
before crucifix after communion, 43 
before study or reading, 9 
before work, 9 
daily, before picture of Holy Family, 271 
evening, to Blessed Virgin, 429 
for afflicted and tempted, 469 
for all degrees of men in Church, 465 
for any necessity, 488 
for benefactors, 468 


F742 INDEX 


Prayer—cont. 
for blessing on New Year, 249 
for charity, 490 
for chastity, 490 
for Church, civil authorities, etc., 466 
for conversion of unbelievers, 479 
for dead, 290 
for deceased Bishop, 484 
for deceased brethren, relatives and benefactors, 485 
for deceased Pope, 484 
parents, 484 
priest, 484 
for departed, 16 
for enemies, 469 
for fair weather, 488 
for forgiveness, 19 
for God’s blessing on our labors, 236 
for help (Psalm LIV), 400 
for heretics and unbelievers, 469 
for humility, 490 
for light, 489 
for living, 15 
for nations, 231 
for one’s self, 352 
for patience, 490 
for our city, 351 
for our friends, 468 
for peace, 351 
for perseverance, 30 
Psalm LXX, for, 338 
for Pope, 465 
for rain, 488 
for relatives, 468 
for sinners, 470 
for tempted and afflicted, 469 
for those for whom we are bound to pray, 485 
for those in any danger, 469 
for virtue, of St. Thomas, 491 
for vocations to priesthood, 236 
in any tribulation, 487 








INDEX 743 


in extreme suffering (Psalm LXVIII), 408 
in honor of Holy Family, 272 
in honor of one’s patron saint, 456 
in presence of God, 1 
in time of calamity, 487 
of famine or pestilence, 487 
of great mortality, 487 
of war, 488 
in tribulation (Psalm XII), 404 
Lord’s, the, 3 
morning, in presence of God, 2 
nine days’, for one recently deceased, 478 
New Year’s, 197 
“O Good Jesus!’ 269 
of adoration, 327 
of gratitude, of Soeur Thérése, 13 
of hope, of Sceur Thérése, 14 
of intercession, 352 
of love of God, of Sceur Thérése, 13 
of petition, 29 
of Soeur Thérése to Holy Face, 388 
of praise to Blessed Virgin, 239 
of St. Aloysius Gonzaga to Blessed Virgin, 428 
of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 233 
of St. Alphonsus Liguori to our Lady, 427 
for purity, 240 
of St. Alphonsus Liguori before Blessed Sacrament, 324 
of St. Ambrose before communion, 34, 34 
of St. Bonaventure after communion, 40 
of St. Gertrude to Sacred Heart, 279 
of St. Thomas after communion, 39 
before communion, 33 
in confession, 26, 27 


of Sceur Thérése to Blessed Sacrament, 323 


of thanksgiving, 29 

on going into church, 8 

on going out in morning, 8 
on rising, I 

on a Saint’s day, 456 

on shortness of life, 250 


744 INDEX 


Prayer — cont. 
short, to Blessed Virgin in her desolation, 287 
thirty days’ to Blessed Virgin, 198 ff. 
to Blessed Trinity, 259 
to Blessed Virgin, 36 
after communion, 42 
to Blessed Virgin and saints, 27 
to Guardian Angel, 8 
to Heart of Mary, 283 
to Holy Face, 388 
to Holy Spirit for Church, 231, 464 
to Holy Trinity, 320 
to Jesus In manger, 241 
to Jesus in Tabernacle, 321 
to our Blessed Lady of Sorrows, 221! 
to our Lady of Good Counsel, 435 
to our Lady, Help of Christians, 433 
to our Lady Immaculate, 291 
to our Lady of Mt. Carmel or Scapular, 433 
of Rosary, 288 
of Victory, 436 
to our Lord after communion, 41 
to our Lord by dymg person, 475 
to St. Aloysius, 459 
to St. Joseph, 36, 262, 273 
for dying, 472 
_ patron of Universal Church, 443 
to St. Michael, Archangel, 454 
to St. Raphael, Archangel, 454 
to St. Rita, 461 
to Sacred Heart, 279 
to Sceur Thérése, 462 
to St. Thomas Aquinas, 458 
to St. Vincent Ferrer, 463 
universal, for all things necessary for salvation, 497 ff. 
Prayerful reflection, importance of, 509 
Prayers, after Communion, 39 
after confession, 28 
at Benediction, 193 
at Mass, 99 ff. 


INDEX 


before Communion, 33 
before confession, 19 
daily, 3 
to Blessed Virgin, 427 
during day, 8 ff. 
_ during procession of Blessed Sacrament, 345 
| evening, 12 
examination of conscience in, 14 
for All Souls’ Day, 237 
for Ascension Day, 229 
for Church unity, 486 
for daily communion, 209 
for days in week for souls in purgatory, 481 ff. | 
for dead, 478 ff. 
for deceased persons, 484 
for Feast of All Saints, 236 
of Assumption, 233 
of Christmas, 241, 242 
of Circumcision, 196 
of Corpus Christi, 232 
of Epiphany, 197 
of Immaculate Conception, 238-240 
of Purification of Blessed Virgin, 198 
of St. Joseph, 198 
of Sts. Peter and Paul, 232 
for happy death, 493 ff. 
for health of body and soul, 492-493 
for a journey, 495 
for Iast day of year, 242 
for living, 464 ff. 
for Paschaltide, 226 
for private necessities, 489 
for rogation days, 228 
for sick and dying, 471 
for success in work, 496 
for those who repose in a cemetery, 238 
for various occasions, 486 ff. 
for visits to repository, 206 
for Whitsunday or Pentecost, 229 
Gospels, Epistles and, for principal feasts, 709 ff. 


745 


740 INDEX 


Prayers — cont. 
Gospels, Epistles and, for Sundays, 589 ff. 
in honor of Christ’s betrayal and Passion, 235 
of seven sorrows of Mary, 285 
liturgical, to Blessed Virgin, 424 ff. 
of Sceur Thérése, 13 
of thanksgiving, 500 
for every day of week, 504 ff. 
three deyout, useful for dying, 476 
to obtain contrition, 25 
to St. Anne, 455 
St. Dominic, 456 
St. Joseph, for Church, 464 
Prayers and ejaculations, after Low Mass, 96, 97, 115, 116 
Precious Blood, devotions to, 393 
ejaculatory offering of, 282 
July devotions to, 280 
offerings to in reparation, 280 
Precepts of Church, table of sins against, 23 
Preparation, daily, for death (from Imit. of Christ), 570 
Priest, deceased, prayer for, 484 
Priesthood, vocations to, prayer for, 236 
Private necessities, prayer for, 489 
Protection, divine, I 
prayers for, 12 
Prudence, reflections on, 534 
(from Imit. of Christ), 567 
Psalm XII, prayer in tribulation, 404 
XLII, in Mass, 50 
L, prayer for forgiveness, 19 
LIV, prayer for help, 400 
LXVII, prayer in extreme suffering, 408 
LXIX, in Litany of Saints, 450 
LXX, prayer for perseverance, 338 | 
LXXXIII, soul’s longing for God, 37 
LXXXIX, on shortness of life, 250 
XCV, after communion, 44 
CIl, of praise, 31, 32 
CV, LVI, Cll, LX XVIII, aspirations from, to Bless: 
Sacrament, 335 





INDEX 


CIX, in Vespers, 176 
CX, in Vespers, 177 
CXI, in Vespers, 179 
CXII, in Vespers, 181 
CXIII, in Vespers, 183 ff. 
CXVI, 195 
CXXIX, De Profundis, 16, 289 
CXLIYV, of praise, 330 
CXXVII, in Nuptial Mass, 164, 166 
CXXXIII, 167 
Purgatory, Monday devotions for souls in, 259 
November devotions for souls in, 289 
prayers for every day in week for souls in, 481 ff. 
Purification, prayers for Feast of, 198 
Purity, prayer to St. Alphonsus for, 240 


Quarantine, meaning of, 5 


Rain, prayer for, 488 
Recently deceased, nine days’ prayer for, 478 
Reflections, devout (from Imit. of Christ), 566 ff. 
on Christian virtues and four last things, 509 ff. 
Reflection, during Holy Hour, 399, 404, 407 
prayerful, importance of, 509 
Regina Coeli, 6 
Relatives, prayer for, 468 
deceased, prayer for, 485 
Reparation, act of, 208 
act of, for blasphemies against Holy Name, 360 
to Holy Face, 387 
offerings in, to Precious Blood, 280 
to Blessed Sacrament, 332 
Repository, prayers for visit to, 206 


747 


Reproach, suffering with Jesus (from Imit. of Christ), 573 


Request, to St. Anthony, 460 
Rerum Deus, 251 
Resolution, daily (from Imit. of Christ), 560 


Resolutions and supplications for New Year, 247, 248 


Rogation days, 228 
Rosary, Holy, five glorious mysteries of, 419 
joyful, 414 


748 INDEX 


Rosary — cont. 
sorrowful, 417 
manner of saying, 413 
October devotions to Queen of, 287 


Sacrament, Blessed, Thursday devotion to, 262 
of Matrimony, ritual for celebration of, 159 ff. 
Sacred Heart, act of consecration to, 366 
consecration of family to, 367 j 
devotions to, 363 
June devotions to, 278 
litany of, 363 
memorare to, 278] 
offering to, 278 
prayer to, 279 
of St. Gertrude to, 279 
St. Aloysius, prayer to, 459 
St. Aloysius Gonzaga, devout exerci 
honor of, 459 © 
prayer of, 233 
to Blessed Virgin, 428 
St. Alphonsus” prayer before daily Mass for dead, 117 
St. Alphonsus, prayer of, 18 
prayer of, to cur Lady, 427 
prayer of, for purity, 240 
St. Alphonsus Liguori, act of spiritual communion of, 321 
prayer of, before Blessed Sacrament, 324 
St. Ambrose, prayer of, before communion, 34, 35 
St. Anne, novena to, 313 
prayers to, 455 
St. Anthony, request to, 460 
thirteen Tuesdays or Sundays m honor of, 460 
St. Bonaventure, prayer of, after communion, 40 
St. Dominic, prayers to, 456 
St. Francis de Sales, act of consecration to Blessed Virgin 
of, 431 
St. Francis Xavier, hymn of, 312 
novena of grace in honor of, 311 
St. Gertrude, prayer of, to Sacred Heart, 279 
salutation of, to Five Wounds of our Saviour, 389 


se of six Sundays in 





INDEX 749 


St. John Berchmans, act of, of consecration to Blessed 
Virgin, 277, 430 
St. Joseph, devotions to, 437 ff. 
devout exercise in honor of seven sorrows and joys of, 


439 ff. 
ejaculations in honor of, 444 


litany of, 437 
March devotions to, 272 
memorare to, 262 
novena, to, 310 
patron of Universal Church, prayer to, 443 
prayer to, 36, 202, 262 
for dying, 472 
prayers for Feast of, 202 
prayers to, for Church, 464 
Wednesday devotions to, 261 
St. Michael, Archangel, prayer to, 454 
St. Raphael, Archangel, prayer to, 454 
St. Rita, aspirations to, 462 
devotions to, 461 
prayer to, 461 
St. Thérése — see Soeur Thérése 
St. Thomas Aquinas, invocation of, of cross, 266 
“Our Lord in the Tabernacle” of, 322 
prayer of, after communion, 39 
before communion, 33 
in confession, 26, 27 
for virtue, 491 
prayer to, 458 
St. Vincent Ferrer, prayer to, 463 
Saint’s day, prayer for, 114 
prayer on a, 456 
Saints and ourselves (from Imit. of Christ), 569 
Saints, devotions in honor of, 445 
Litany of, 445 
Peter and Paul, prayers for Feast of, 232 
prayer to, and Blessed Virgin, 27 
Salutation, Angelical, the, 3 


750 INDEX 


of St. Gertrude to Five Wounds of our Saviour, 389 
and response to Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, 270 
Salvation, universal prayer for all things necessary to, 

io evodO7cik. 
Salve Regina, 96, 115, 416, 428 
Saturday devotions to Blessed. Virgin, 266 
Scripture, Holy, devout reflections from, 509 
Seasons of year, devotions for, 253 ff. 
“See the Eternal Word,” 411 
Seeking Jesus (from Imit. of Christ), 574 
Self, distrust of (from Imit. of Christ), 573 
Self-seeking and self-denial (from Imit. of Christ), 582 
September devotions to our Lady of Sorrows, 284 
Septuagesima and Lent, devotions for, 255 
Sequence, Paschal, 227 
Pentecostal, 230 
Seraphim, Canticle of, 259 
Sermon, at Mass, 59 
Service, God’s and world’s (from Imit. of Christ), 576 
Seven days’ prayer for souls in purgatory, 481 ff. 
Seven dolors of Blessed Virgin, exercises in honor of, 432. 
Seven sorrows and joys of St. Joseph, devout exercise 
in honor of, 4309 ff. 
Seven sorrows of Mary, prayers in honor of, 285 
Seven words upon the cross, 216 ff. 
Sick, prayers for, 471 
Sign of the Cross, 1, 12, 320 
Sin, nine ways of being accessory to another’s, 24 
“Sing, My Tongue,”’ 263 
Sinners, prayer for, 470 
Sins, against Commandments, table of, 21 ff. 
against Holy Ghost, 24 
precepts of Church, table of, 23 
capital, table of, 23 
daily recollection of, 14 
four, crying to heaven for vengeance, 24 
in examination of conscience, 21 
sorrow for, 25 ) 
Six Sundays, devout exercise in honor of, of St. Aloysiu: 
Gonzaga, 459 


INDEX 751 


Sodality of Blessed Virgin, acts of consecration for mem- 
bers of, 430 
Sceur Thérése, act of oblation of, of Child Jesus, 314 
meditation of after communion, 39 
prayer of gratitude of, 13 
of hope of, 14 
of love of God of, 13 
to Blessed Sacrament, 323 
novena to, 314 
prayer to, 462 
prayer to Blessed Sacrament of, 323 
prayer to Holy Face of, 388 
prayers of, 13 
Sorrowful mysteries, five, of Rosary, 417 
Sorrow, for sins, 25 
Soul and body, prayers for health of, 492, 493 
Soul’s longing for God (Psalm LX XXIII), 37 
Souls in purgatory, devotions for, 259 
November devotions for, 289 
prayers for every day in week for, 481 ff. 
Souls of faithful departed, prayer for, 123, 137 
Spiritual communion, act of, 113 
act of, of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 321 
Spiritual consolation (from Imit. of Christ), 575 
Spiritual works of mercy, seven, 24 
reflections on, 528 ff. 
Spiritual and temporal losses (from Imit. of Christ), 584 
Stabat Mater, 372 ff. 
Standard of merit, true (from Imit. of Christ), 577 
Stations of Cross, 371 ff. 
Sub Tuum Praesidium, 429 
Success in work, prayers for, 496 
Suffering, extreme, prayer in (Psalm LXVIIJ), 408 
glory of (from Imit. of Christ), 576 
models in (from Imit. of Christ), 578 
Suffering reproach with Jesus (from Imit. of Christ), 573 
Sunday devotions to Blessed Trinity, 258 
Sundays, Gospels, Epistles and prayers for the, 589 ff. 
Vespers for, 174 ff. 
Supplications and resolutions for New Year, 247, 248 


752 INDEX 


Table of capital sins, 23 
Table, of sins against Commandments, 21 
of sins against precepts of Church, 23 
Tantum Ergo, 192, 210, 309 
Te Deum, the, 500 ff. 
hymn of thanksgiving from, 246 “ 
Temporal and spiritual losses (from Imit. of Christ), 584 
Tempted and afflicted, prayer for, 469 
Thankfulness (from Imit. of Christ), 575 
Thanksgiving, act of, for blessings of past year, 245 
acts of, 348 
acts of, to Holy Trinity, 243-245 
hymn of, 195 
from Te Deum, 246 
prayer of, 29 
prayers of, 500 
for every day of week, 504 ff. 
to Blessed Sacrament, 328 
Thérése, Soeur — see Sceur Thérése 
Thirteen Tuesdays, or Sundays, in honor of St. Anthony, 
460 
Thirty days’ prayer to Blessed Virgin, 108 ff. 
Thirty days’ prayer to St. Joseph, 203 ff. 
Three devout prayers, useful for dying, 476 
Three offerings in honor of Blessed Virgin, 4209 ff. 
Thursday devotions to Blessed Sacrament, 262 
Time, good use of (from Imit. of Christ), 571 
Tongue, watching and restraining, reflections on, 539 
Tongues of detractors (from Imit. of Christ), 581 
Tribulation, prayer in, 404 
prayer in any, 487 
Trinity, Blessed, devotions to, 320 
Most Holy, acts of thanksgiving to, 243-245 
prayer to, 320 
True happiness, God our (from Imit. of Christ), 578 
True standard of merit (from Imit. of Christ), 577 
Truthfulness, reflections on, 540 
Tuesday devotions to holy angels, 260 
Twelve stars, crown of, 275 











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